Meli
Meli is a privacy-focused spending tracker for Mac that turns credit card alert emails into spending insights and budgets. It connects read-only to the user's inbox via OAuth (Google and Microsoft) or IMAP, reads only alerts from supported senders, and performs all parsing on the device so financial data stays local instead of in the cloud. It supports seven major US banks (AMEX, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Discover, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo) plus PayPal and Venmo.
What it addresses
The author didn't want to use Plaid or other aggregators and wanted financial data kept locally on the device rather than in the cloud; spreadsheets also required a lot of work to maintain.
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Meli
Meli is a privacy-focused spending tracker for Mac that turns credit card alert emails into spending insights and budgets. It connects read-only to the user's inbox via OAuth (Google and Microsoft) or IMAP, reads only alerts from supported senders, and performs all parsing on the device so financial data stays local instead of in the cloud. It supports seven major US banks (AMEX, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Discover, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo) plus PayPal and Venmo.
Problem: The author didn't want to use Plaid or other aggregators and wanted financial data kept locally on the device rather than in the cloud; spreadsheets also required a lot of work to maintain.
Posted by @alphax314 · Original comment ↗
“Meli: A spending tracker for Mac designed with privacy in mind. Turns credit card alert emails into spending insights and budgets. I was in security for 15+ years and I built it because I didn't want to use Plaid or other aggregators and wanted my financial data locally on my device and not in the cloud.”