Bursa

Minimalistic personal finance and budgeting

Why Bursa?

• Envelope budgeting — Allocate money to categories, track what's left
• Multi-asset tracking — Cash, stocks, crypto, foreign currencies in one file
• Simple by design — Easier than YNAB or Beancount, no accounting background needed
• Portable format — A single .bursa text file you own forever
• No lock-in — Version control it, grep it, sync it however you want

Quick Example

>>> META
commodity: $ = USD

>>> BUDGET
2026-01
  &Groceries 500 $
  &Investing 1000 $

>>> LEDGER
@Checking
  2026-01-01 +5000 $ &Unassigned #opening
  2026-01-15 +3000 $ &Unassigned #salary
  2026-01-16 -100 $ &Groceries
  2026-01-20 -1000 $ @Brokerage &Investing

Development

npm install
npm run dev     # Start dev server
npm test        # Run tests with coverage
npm run lint    # Lint check

Documentation

• Language Specification
• Architecture
• Roadmap

License

MIT