picsou-finance
Self-hosted personal finance dashboard
Track bank accounts, brokerage, crypto, and net worth — all in one place.
Disclaimer
Picsou is designed for personal, local use.
It stores sensitive financial data (balances, transactions, bank session tokens). It supports multi-member families, optional TOTP 2FA, and audit logging of setup/admin actions, but it has not undergone a professional security audit.
Do not expose it on the public internet. Use it on your local machine or home network behind a firewall. If you choose to expose it, you do so at your own risk.
Features
- Account aggregation — Bank accounts (LEP, PEA, Livret, current), brokerage, crypto wallets, on-chain addresses, debts/loans
- Bank sync — Enable Banking (PSD2/OAuth, 2000+ EU banks).
- Brokerage sync — Trade Republic via WebSocket or CSV import, and Bourse Direct PEA/CTO positions via a local read-only sidecar
- Crypto — Binance exchange sync, on-chain BTC/ETH/SOL address tracking
- Live prices — CoinGecko (crypto), Yahoo Finance (stocks/ETFs)
- Security insight — Per-holding asset-type detection and ETF composition (top holdings, country & sector breakdowns) in the holding detail modal
- Net worth tracking — Historical snapshots, stacked area charts, per-account breakdown
- Savings goals — Targets with deadlines, progress tracking across accounts
- Multi-member family — One admin manages multiple profiles (children, spouse). Per-resource sharing (
NONE/ALL/MANUAL), optional activation links to upgrade a managed profile to a full login. - 2FA + Remember Me — Opt-in TOTP per user, 10 single-use recovery codes, 90-day "Remember Me" cookie with rotating tokens, "Trust this device" to skip TOTP, per-session revocation from settings.
- GDPR data export — Self-service ZIP export (JSON + per-entity CSV) gated by re-authentication, rate-limited to 5/hour.
- Finary import — CSV import or direct API sync
- i18n — English and French
- Dark mode — System/light/dark with flash-free theme switching
Architecture
┌──────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────┐ ┌────────────┐
│ React Frontend │────▶│ Spring Boot Backend │────▶│ PostgreSQL │
│ (Vite/Bun) │◀────│ (Tomcat :8080) │ │ (:5432) │
└──────────────────┘ └───────────┬────────────┘ └────────────┘
│
┌──────────────┼──────────────┬──────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
Enable Banking CoinGecko Yahoo Finance Trade Republic
(PSD2/OAuth) (crypto) (stocks/ETF) (WebSocket)
- Ports & Adapters —
BankConnectorPort,PriceProviderPort,TradeRepublicPort,BoursoPort, etc. Swap providers without touching business logic. - Two-tier identity —
AppUser(auth) →FamilyMember(domain). Every entity is scoped bymember_id; admins can act on behalf of a managed profile via?memberId=X. - Flyway — Versioned database migrations
- JWT auth — HttpOnly cookies, SameSite=Lax (Safari iOS compatibility), refresh token rotation
- 2FA (TOTP) — Opt-in, with hashed recovery codes and trusted-device cookies
- AES-256-GCM — Mandatory encryption for API secrets at rest (Binance, TOTP secrets, bank session tokens)
- Rate limiting — Bucket4j on login, MFA challenge, sync endpoints, and data export
Tech stack
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Backend | Java 21, Spring Boot 3.4, Maven |
| Frontend | React 19, TypeScript 5.9, Vite 7, Tailwind v4, Bun |
| Database | PostgreSQL 16, Flyway |
| Runtime | Docker (Nginx + Spring Boot + supervisor) |
Getting started
Prerequisites
- Docker & Docker Compose v2
- (Optional) An Enable Banking account for bank sync
1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/Zoeille/picsou-finance.git
cd picsou-finance
2. Run (zero-config)
Picsou publishes pre-built, multi-arch (amd64/arm64) images to the GitHub Container Registry, so there is nothing to compile:
| Image | Package |
|---|---|
ghcr.io/zoeille/picsou-finance |
picsou-finance — app (frontend + backend) |
ghcr.io/zoeille/picsou-finance/tr-auth |
picsou-finance/tr-auth — Trade Republic auth sidecar |
ghcr.io/zoeille/picsou-finance/bourse-direct-auth |
Bourse Direct login/2FA sidecar |
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml pull # fetch the published images from GHCR
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up -d
The compose file pins
:latest. To follow the bleeding edge instead, override with:nightly(built on everymainpush), or pin a release such as:1.0.0.Building from source instead of pulling? Run
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build— thebuild:sections are kept for contributors.
On first launch the entrypoint auto-generates JWT_SECRET, CRYPTO_ENCRYPTION_KEY, and POSTGRES_PASSWORD (persisted to the picsou_data volume under /data/.secrets/).
[!IMPORTANT] Planning to sync bank accounts? Set up HTTPS now, before opening the wizard — jump to step 3. Enable Banking refuses plain-HTTP callback URLs, and the wizard permanently stores values derived from the address you open it on. Run it over HTTP and you will have to correct three settings by hand afterwards; run it over HTTPS and they are all derived correctly with nothing to type.
Otherwise, open http://localhost:8080 — the setup wizard walks you through admin credentials, CORS, and (optionally) Enable Banking.
3. HTTPS (decide before the first launch)
Required for bank sync. Enable Banking rejects plain-HTTP callback URLs for PRODUCTION applications, and PRODUCTION is the only mode that lists real banks — so an HTTP-only install can never complete a bank connection. Everything else in Picsou works fine over HTTP.
The stack ships an optional Caddy TLS terminator, off by default so it cannot collide with an ingress proxy you already run.
3a. Choose a hostname
Caddy picks the certificate strategy from PICSOU_DOMAIN alone — there is no issuer to configure:
PICSOU_DOMAIN |
Certificate | What you must do |
|---|---|---|
A real domain (picsou.example.com) resolving to this host, :80+:443 reachable |
Let's Encrypt, publicly trusted | Nothing. Issued and renewed automatically |
A LAN IP (192.168.1.50) or a .local / .internal name |
Caddy's built-in CA | Install its root once per device (3c) |
picsou.localhost (the default) |
Caddy's built-in CA | Resolves only on the Docker host — fine for a smoke test, useless from a phone |
A real domain is worth the effort: it is the only option with no per-device step. It does not need to be publicly reachable for day-to-day use — only during certificate issuance.
3b. Start the stack with TLS
This replaces the up -d from step 2 — it starts the same services plus the proxy, so on a fresh
install run this instead:
# Start from the commented reference file if you don't have a .env yet
[ -f docker/.env ] || cp docker/.env.example docker/.env
# printf's leading \n guards against a .env that lacks a trailing newline —
# plain `echo >>` would concatenate onto the last line and corrupt both values.
printf '\nPICSOU_DOMAIN=picsou.example.com\n' >> docker/.env
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --profile tls pull
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --profile tls up -d
[!IMPORTANT] The
pullis not optional on an existing install. Compose will not re-fetch:latestif the image already exists locally, so you would keep an older build that sends HSTS unconditionally — which, combined with the internal-CA certificate from 3c, is precisely the lockout this setup exists to avoid. Building from source? Useup -d --buildinstead.
Note that plain HTTP stays published on :8080 at this point. That is deliberate — it is your way
back in if the certificate is not trusted yet. Close it in 3d, once HTTPS is confirmed working.
Verify before going further:
curl -sk -o /dev/null -w 'https=%{http_code}\n' https://picsou.example.com/
curl -s -o /dev/null -w 'http=%{http_code} -> %{redirect_url}\n' http://picsou.example.com/
Expect https=200 and an http=308 redirect. Now open https://picsou.example.com and run the
setup wizard. It reads your browser's origin, so the callback URL, allowed origins, and secure-cookie
flag all land on the HTTPS values with nothing to type.
Finally, register https://picsou.example.com/sync/callback in the Enable Banking portal — it must
match byte-for-byte, or auth initiation fails with REDIRECT_URI_NOT_ALLOWED.
3c. No domain? Trust the internal CA
Certificate trust cannot be established remotely — each device must be told once that your CA is legitimate. Export the root:
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml cp \
proxy:/data/caddy/pki/authorities/local/root.crt ./picsou-root-ca.crt
Install it per device: Keychain Access (macOS), Settings → Security → Encryption & credentials
(Android), update-ca-certificates (Linux), certmgr.msc (Windows). Firefox keeps its own store —
Settings → Privacy & Security → Certificates.
Only your devices need this. Enable Banking never fetches the callback URL; the redirect happens entirely inside the user's browser, so an internal CA is perfectly sufficient for bank sync.
3d. Hardening, once HTTPS works
Two steps, once HTTPS works from every device you use.
Close the plain-HTTP port. Until now :8080 has served the whole app in cleartext to the LAN,
credentials included. Add the overlay file to remove that publish — the container still listens on
8080 inside the Docker network, which is how Caddy reaches it:
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml \
-f docker/docker-compose.no-http.yml \
--profile tls up -d
Keep passing both -f flags from then on, or the publish comes back. (Requires Compose v2.24+ for
!reset; on older versions comment out the ports: block in docker/docker-compose.yml instead.)
Enable HSTS — only with a publicly-trusted (Let's Encrypt) certificate:
printf '\nHSTS_ENABLED=true\n' >> docker/.env
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml \
-f docker/docker-compose.no-http.yml \
--profile tls up -d --force-recreate app
Both -f flags again — dropping the overlay here would re-publish the :8080 port you just closed,
and --force-recreate would make it happen immediately.
HSTS_ENABLED sends Strict-Transport-Security, telling browsers to refuse plain HTTP for this
host for a year. It is off by default, so if you run a public HTTPS deployment you should turn it
on — otherwise nothing stops a browser being downgraded to the :8080 port if it is exposed.
--force-recreate app is needed because this value reaches the container only through env_file,
which does not always change the rendered service config — a plain up -d can report the container
as up-to-date and leave the old setting in place. Verify it took effect:
curl -sI https://picsou.example.com/ | grep -i strict-transport
Exactly one Strict-Transport-Security line when enabled, none when disabled.
In this image nginx is the only emitter the browser ever sees: it adds the header to every response
including proxied ones, and strips the backend's copy on /api and /actuator
(proxy_hide_header) so it is never sent twice. The backend has its own gate on the same variable,
which is what the split-stack deployment relies on — to check that one, ask the backend directly,
bypassing nginx:
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml exec app \
curl -sI -H 'X-Forwarded-Proto: https' http://127.0.0.1:9090/actuator/health \
| grep -i strict-transport
[!WARNING] Never set
HSTS_ENABLED=truewith an internal-CA or mkcert certificate. The browser remembers the policy and then refuses to offer the "proceed anyway" bypass for a certificate it does not trust, locking you out with no in-app recovery — only clearing HSTS state in browser internals (chrome://net-internals/#hsts) gets you back. It is off by default for this reason.
3e. Already running your own reverse proxy?
Skip the profile entirely and point Traefik / Nginx Proxy Manager / a Cloudflare Tunnel at the app
container's :8080. Your proxy must forward X-Forwarded-Proto: https (all of the above do by
default). Picsou honors that header to know it is served over HTTPS; without it the backend treats
same-origin HTTPS requests as cross-origin and login / the wizard's Origins step fail with
403. For a same-origin deployment leave ALLOWED_ORIGINS blank and let the wizard handle it,
and keep SECURE_COOKIES=true.
3f. Adding HTTPS to an install that is already set up
If the wizard already ran over HTTP, three values are stored in the database, which takes
precedence over .env — editing environment variables will not change them.
Start TLS as in 3b. Do not add the no-http overlay from 3d yet — you want plain HTTP on
:8080 to stay reachable as a fallback until HTTPS is confirmed from the machines you actually use:
[ -f docker/.env ] || cp docker/.env.example docker/.env
printf '\nPICSOU_DOMAIN=picsou.example.com\n' >> docker/.env
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --profile tls pull
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml --profile tls up -d
Then log in over HTTPS and fix the three settings in the UI:
| Setting | Where | New value |
|---|---|---|
| Redirect URI | Admin → Integrations → Enable Banking | https://<domain>/sync/callback |
| Allowed origins | Admin → Security | add https://<domain> |
| Secure cookies | Admin → Security | true — set this last, after confirming HTTPS login works |
For allowed origins there is a shortcut: set ALLOWED_ORIGINS in docker/.env, restart, then press
Reload from environment in Admin → Security. That is the one place where env is allowed to
overwrite the stored value. It covers CORS only — the redirect URI and cookie flag still have to be
edited directly.
Then update the redirect URI in the Enable Banking portal to match. Once HTTPS works from every
device you care about, close the HTTP door with the no-http overlay from 3d.
You may not need the origins change at all: Caddy forwards X-Forwarded-Host/-Proto, so the
backend should recognise the request as same-origin and skip CORS entirely. Only add the origin if
you actually hit a 403.
[!WARNING] Once Secure cookies is
true, plain HTTP is no longer a usable fallback. Auth cookies are issued with theSecureflag, which browsers discard over HTTP — login returns 200 and then bounces straight back to the login screen with no error. If TLS later breaks (expired certificate, lostcaddy_datavolume, DNS change) and you need to get back in over HTTP, clear the flag directly in the database and restart:docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml exec db \ psql -U picsou -d picsou -c \ "update app_setting set value='false' where setting_key='app.secure-cookies';" docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml restart app
4. Advanced configuration (optional)
If you prefer to seed everything up front (CI, external secret managers, etc.):
cp docker/.env.example docker/.env
| Variable | When to set | Description |
|---|---|---|
POSTGRES_PASSWORD |
Override auto-gen | Strong random password |
JWT_SECRET |
Override auto-gen | openssl rand -base64 48 |
CRYPTO_ENCRYPTION_KEY |
Override auto-gen | openssl rand -base64 32 |
APP_USERNAME / APP_PASSWORD_HASH |
Skip wizard | htpasswd -bnBC 12 "" YOUR_PASSWORD | tr -d ':\r\n' |
ALLOWED_ORIGINS |
Non-localhost | e.g. https://picsou.example.com — leave blank for a same-origin deployment |
SECURE_COOKIES |
Plain HTTP | false if no TLS in front; keep true behind HTTPS |
ENABLEBANKING_* |
Skip wizard | From your Enable Banking dashboard. The redirect URI must be https:// |
BOURSO_AUTH_URL |
Custom sidecar | Defaults to http://bourso-auth:8001 |
BOURSE_DIRECT_AUTH_URL |
Custom sidecar | Defaults to http://bourse-direct-auth:8001 |
PICSOU_DOMAIN |
TLS profile | Hostname Caddy serves — see step 3 |
HSTS_ENABLED |
Trusted cert | true only with a publicly-trusted certificate |
Note: The bcrypt hash contains
$characters. In.env, write it as-is without quotes. Never export it in a shell without single quotes:export APP_PASSWORD_HASH='$2a$12$...'.
Settings the wizard already stored win over
.env.ENABLEBANKING_REDIRECT_URI,ALLOWED_ORIGINS, andSECURE_COOKIESresolve database-first, so once setup has completed, changing them here has no effect — use the Admin page instead (see 3f).
5. Enable Banking key setup (optional)
mkdir -p docker/secrets
openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -out docker/secrets/enablebanking.pem
openssl rsa -pubout -in docker/secrets/enablebanking.pem -out enablebanking_public.pem
Upload enablebanking_public.pem to your Enable Banking dashboard.
Development
Backend
cd backend
JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 21) mvn spring-boot:run -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=dev # Requires PostgreSQL on :5432
JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 21) mvn test # Run tests
Backend Maven runs enforce Java 21 during validate; set JAVA_HOME to a JDK 21 installation before running backend commands locally.
Frontend
cd frontend
bun install # Install dependencies
bun run dev # HTTPS dev server on https://localhost:5173 (proxies /api/* → localhost:8080)
bun run build # TypeScript check + Vite build
bunx vitest run # Unit tests
🔒 HTTPS in Development (Hybrid Mode)
To comply with the strict security requirements of certain banking integrations, the Vite development server is configured to run over HTTPS. The project utilizes a hybrid approach to make setup seamless for all environments:
Premium Mode (Recommended for your host machine): Install
mkcerton your system, then generate your local certificates at the root of thefrontend/directory:mkdir -p .local/certs mkcert -cert-file .local/certs/picsou-local-cert.pem -key-file .local/certs/picsou-local-key.pem localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1Benefit: You will get a natively trusted green padlock in your browser with zero security warnings.
Fallback Mode (Zero-Config / Dev Container): If the
.pemfiles are not detected inside.local/certs/, the@vitejs/plugin-basic-sslplugin will automatically take over. Note: The development server will still start over HTTPS, but you will need to bypass your browser's security warning on first access. Automation can instead opt in to ignoring the self-signed certificate.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome — bug fixes, features, translations, or documentation.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
feat/xxx,fix/xxx) - Write conventional commits
- Open a pull request against
main
Please read the relevant feature docs and conventions before touching existing code.
Security
See SECURITY.md for the vulnerability reporting policy.
License
Apache 2.0 + Commons Clause — free for personal use and managed hosting. Commercial SaaS use is prohibited without permission.
