Open-source Splitwise alternatives you can host yourself

How this comparison was made

On 6 November 2026 we read the README of each project on GitHub and took every cell of the tables from it. Where the README is silent, we looked at the project’s documentation, changelog or package file; the note under each table says which. Star counts, version numbers and similar figures are left out on purpose because they change daily. This is not a ranking: the projects have different aims. We did not install or test the other five, so the tables say what the projects state about themselves, not how well it works. Check the linked pages before you decide, they change.

Self-hosting and phone use

Five of the six run from a Docker image or a Compose file. Cospend is the exception: it is an app inside a Nextcloud you already run. IHateMoney also installs with pip, and Abrechnung comes as a Debian package. Four can be installed as a PWA on the home screen (ManaWG, Spliit, SplitPro, Abrechnung). IHateMoney and Cospend are web apps, and the Cospend README lists Android clients. Spliit, SplitPro and IHateMoney also name a hosted instance in their README that you can try, and Abrechnung names a demo instance.

Focus and import

The projects come in two kinds. Spliit, SplitPro, Cospend, IHateMoney and Abrechnung split expenses for groups of any sort: friends, trips, households. ManaWG is built for one shared flat and adds a cleaning rota, shopping list, calendar and chat; none of that appears in the READMEs of the other five. When you move from Splitwise, import counts: ManaWG reads Splitwise and Splid CSV files and screenshots, Cospend reads CSV from Splitwise and IHateMoney, IHateMoney reads JSON and CSV in the Cospend format, Abrechnung reads JSON of its own groups, and SplitPro brings over friends and groups from Splitwise but not the expenses yet. Spliit lists a Splitwise import as a possible future feature.

What ManaWG is and what it is not

• Built for one flat of up to 20 members: expenses, cleaning rota, shopping list, calendar, chat and pinboard in one app.
• Amounts are in euros, with no currency conversion.
• ManaWG moves no money: you pay each other yourselves and mark the transfer as paid in the app.
• There is no split by days, only equal or custom amounts. For bills by days there is the calculator.
• The youngest of the six with the smallest community: fewer people to ask, and less time in everyday use than the others.
• No ads and no paid tier; the hosted app keeps its data in the EU.

Try ManaWG or run your own

• The demo shows the real app on sample data, no account needed.
• The source code is in the repository Abuarchiv/manawg.
• The self-hosting steps are in docs/self-hosting.md. A summary is on Open-source flat-share app.

Which one for whom

• A flat that wants money, cleaning rota, shopping and chat in one phone app: ManaWG. The price is the small community and the short history. For trips, offices or groups of more than 20 people ManaWG is the wrong choice, and the others fit better.
• Friends on a trip: Spliit if you want the simplest tool (create a group, add expenses, see balances, split unevenly, install as a PWA). Abrechnung or SplitPro if you pay in several currencies, since both name currency conversion.
• A Splitwise replacement for single friends and for groups: SplitPro. Its README names expenses with individual friends and in groups, splits by percentage or shares, recurring expenses and optional bank imports.
• You already run Nextcloud: Cospend. No extra server, plus CSV import from Splitwise and IHateMoney.
• The smallest thing that works: IHateMoney. Invited people need no account. Its README describes the project as heading towards maintenance mode since 2024, so new features are rare.
• Bookkeeping for events with roles: Abrechnung. Its README lists viewer, editor and owner roles, events with different participants each day, tags and charts. Going by the README, it is the closest of the six to splitting a bill by days.

What the tables leave out

We did not test the other five projects. The tables say nothing about security, support, how often they are updated, or whether the German translation is complete; all five manage translations on Weblate or Crowdin. Look at recent changes and open issues yourself before you put your flat’s money on a server. We did not compare hosted prices or terms.