Source: https://wealthfolio.app/blog/

# THE WEALTHFOLIO Blog

Thoughts on Product, Technology, and Software Engineering

## Featured Stories

Releases

June 7, 2026

### [Spending and Budgets, Now in Wealthfolio](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-spending-and-budgets/)

A complete new way to see your cash flow, right alongside your investments. Auto-categorize transactions, build budgets that fit you, mark life events, and read narrative insights, all local-first.

[Read More →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-spending-and-budgets/)

Releases

May 1, 2026

### [Goals and Retirement Simulation, Now in Wealthfolio](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-goals-and-retirement-planning/)

A new save-up simulator for everyday goals and a retirement & FIRE simulator. A step toward Wealthfolio being your wealth companion, not just a tracker.

[Read More →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-goals-and-retirement-planning/)

Releases

August 19, 2025

### [Introducing Wealthfolio Add-ons](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-addons/)

Opening Wealthfolio to add-ons: a safe, scoped way to build and share custom features while the core stays fast, private, and uncluttered.

[Read More →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/introducing-addons/)

General

September 17, 2024

### [Wealthfolio Manifesto](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/wealthfolio-manifesto/)

Why I Built a Privacy-First Investment Tracker.

[Read More →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/wealthfolio-manifesto/)

## Latest Posts

Engineering

June 26, 2026

### [Bring Your Own Price Feed](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/custom-market-data-providers-no-code/)

Wealthfolio lets you point it at any URL that returns a price and describe how to read it, so the mutual funds and regional listings the big providers ignore still get tracked. No code, no waiting for an integration.

Market Data

Custom Providers

JSONPath

[Read →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/custom-market-data-providers-no-code/)

Engineering

May 20, 2026

### [Local-first and the SQLite Bet](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/local-first-and-the-sqlite-bet/)

Why Wealthfolio's portfolio lives in a SQLite file on your machine instead of a cloud database, and what that decision cost us to make work.

Local-first

SQLite

Tauri

[Read →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/local-first-and-the-sqlite-bet/)

General

March 25, 2026

### [On Losing the Thread](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/on-losing-the-thread/)

The hardest thing about building an open source app is staying connected to your own work. A reflection on how maker becomes maintainer, and why protecting the space to build from a personal place matters.

Open Source

Solo Founder

Product

[Read →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/on-losing-the-thread/)

General

September 24, 2024

### [How I Built an Open Source App That Went Viral](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/how-i-built-open-source-app-went-viral/)

In September 2024, my side project Wealthfolio, a simple, open-source desktop investment tracker I built over the summer, unexpectedly went viral, reaching the front page of Hacker News and GitHub's trending list. Here's how this small and elegant app captured the attention of thousands.

opensource

rust

tauri

[Read →](https://wealthfolio.app/blog/how-i-built-open-source-app-went-viral/)