I don’t have a home server yet but I’m exploring and sometimes I get confused about some posts here.

For example I saw a post asking for recommendation for a “self hosted budget management app”. Can’t you just install this type of app to your phone or pc? What’s the purpose here, will you host it and access it from a browser? Or do you only want to backup its data to your server?

I hope I don’t sound stupid please enlighten me.

  • itshardtopicka_name_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Budget management app is not someone who starts with, its just oh i got a sever, i use a lot of other self hosted server, why not use a budget manager too.

    Now is this better then app? of course!

    1. now i can backup my data to 3 place

    2. my parter dont need to install anything on there phone to see how much crap i am buying

    3. i can automate things with n8n with my finance (i never did, but you can)

    etc