rustfava

A beautiful desktop app for rustledger

Manage your finances with plain text accounting.

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Why rustfava?

Native app	Double-click to launch, no terminal required
Fava interface	The familiar Fava web UI you know and love
rustledger backend	Blazing fast parsing via WebAssembly
Cross-platform	Linux, macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Windows
Offline first	Your financial data stays on your machine
Multiple files	Open multiple ledgers in tabs

Install

Desktop App

Download the latest release for your platform from the Releases page.

Platform	Format
macOS	.dmg (Intel & Apple Silicon)
Windows	.exe installer or .msi
Linux	.AppImage, .deb, .rpm, or .tar.gz

Other Installation Methods

Method	Command
Docker	docker run -p 5000:5000 -v /path/to/ledger:/data ghcr.io/rustledger/rustfava /data/main.beancount
PyPI	uv tool install rustfava (requires Python 3.13+ and wasmtime)
Nix	nix run github:rustledger/rustfava#desktop

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Quick Start

Desktop App

1. Download the app for your platform
2. Double-click to launch
3. Open your .beancount file

Command Line

rustfava ledger.beancount
# Then visit http://localhost:5000

What is this?

rustfava is a fork of Fava that replaces the Python beancount parser with rustledger, compiled to WebAssembly for faster parsing and processing.

The desktop app bundles everything into a native application using Tauri, so you get a fast, lightweight app with no dependencies.

Links

• Website: https://rustledger.github.io/rustfava/
• Documentation: https://rustledger.github.io/rustfava/docs/
• rustledger: https://github.com/rustledger/rustledger

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.