Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine

Re:Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models... by cortesoft on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:39PM (#50080951)

You could add support for something like simplefin.org, which provides an API for connecting to many different financial orgs. It is what I have been using for my local setup with Actual budget.

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Re:Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models... by elyobo on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @09:29PM (#50081284)

Actual budget is good. Connectivity in Australia sucks though so I've kludged my own approach (open banking connections to a single local aggregator then puppeteer to sign in and get an access token, then directly calling the aggregators internal APIs with it and pushing the data into a local Actual server using Actual's APIs).

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Re:Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models... by unsnap_biceps on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @09:03PM (#50081110)

Does your financial orgs actually support simplefin or are you using simplefin bridge?

Bridge is actually provided by mx.com, pretty much the same service as Plaid.

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Re:Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models... by niztk on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:44PM (#50080987)

Thanks, will surely look into this.

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