Firefly III ecosystem overview
A quick-and-dirty overview of the Firefly III ecosystem, roadmaps and statuses and what I'm currently working on.
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Documentation
The documentation is the main source of information for Firefly III.
The API documentation is stitched together from a collection of YAML files. This repository contains the source YAML and the combination script.
- Repository firefly-iii/api-docs-generator has 10 stars.
Tools and utilities
Tools and utilities that are built around Firefly III.
The auto-save tool shows you what you can do with the Firefly III API.
- Repository jc5/autosave has 13 stars.
The product manager is a small tool that shows you what you can do with the Firefly III API.
- Repository jc5/product-manager has 40 stars.
A tool that generates all of the filler data used on the demo site. Also used to fill my development instance with fake data. Released on Codeberg.
A (currently private) collection of import test files. These files to validate the data importer and do exception validation.
A small set of little development tools, used in the development of Firefly III.
Libraries
All supporting libraries and code.
A collection of support classes for the Firefly III API. Used in the data importer and some other tools.
- Repository jc5/api-support-classes has 5 stars.
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The last commit to branch
mainwas made on 5 May 2026 by James Cole.
A small forked library to assist in generating 2FA codes. Every now and then updates are pulled from upstream.
- Repository jc5/google2fa-laravel has 0 stars.
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The last commit to branch
mainwas made on 4 September 2022 by James Cole.
A small forked library to assist in generating 2FA recovery codes. Every now and then updates are pulled from upstream.
- Repository jc5/recovery has 0 stars.
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The last commit to branch
mainwas made on 31 March 2022 by James Cole.
Builds and releases
All useful build and release tools, scripts and repositories.
The Docker container for Firefly III is feature complete.
- Repository firefly-iii/docker has 120 stars.
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Docker image
fireflyiii/core:latestwas last pushed on 27 April 2026 -
Docker image
fireflyiii/core:developwas last pushed on 11 May 2026
The Docker container for the Firefly III Data Importer is feature complete.
- Repository firefly-iii/docker has 120 stars.
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Docker image
fireflyiii/data-importer:latestwas last pushed on 19 April 2026 -
Docker image
fireflyiii/data-importer:develop-cliwas last pushed on 9 May 2026
Firefly III and the Data Importer share this base image. It is pretty much feature complete and gets built every so often to update the OS and software.
- Repository firefly-iii/docker has 120 stars.
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Docker image
fireflyiii/base:latestwas last pushed on 2 May 2026
A collection of Kubernetes scripts and configurations. Use it to set up Firefly III in a Kubernetes cluster.
Do you need help, or do you want to get in touch?
Do you want to contact me? You can email me at james@firefly-iii.org or get in touch through one of the following support channels:
- GitHub Discussions for questions and support
- Gitter.im for a good chat and a quick answer
- GitHub Issues for bugs and issues
- Mastodon for news and updates
Support the development of Firefly III
If you like Firefly III and if it helps you save lots of money, why not send me a dime for every dollar saved! 🥳
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