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title: "Buckets: envelope budgeting for Mac, Windows and Linux by Matt and Christy"
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summary: "Buckets is a budgeting app for Mac, Windows and Linux by Matt and Christy, for envelope-style family budgeting, that keeps your financial data on your own computer and is paid for once."
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# Buckets

Buckets is a budgeting app for Mac, Windows and Linux by Matt and Christy, for envelope-style family budgeting, that keeps your financial data on your own computer and is paid for once.

Desktop app by [Matt and Christy (One Part Rain)](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/).

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Made by | [Matt and Christy (One Part Rain)](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/) |
| Type | Desktop app |
| Category | [Finance](https://cookiesforai.app/products/category/finance) |
| Runs on | Mac, Windows, Linux |
| Free tier | Free trial |
| Website | https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/ |
| Page updated | 14 OCT 2026 |
| Facts checked | 14 OCT 2026 ([how](https://cookiesforai.app/method)) |

## What Buckets does

Buckets is a desktop app for envelope budgeting, or your own style: you put money into buckets for each purpose and track spending against them.

Your finances stay in a budget file on your computer. Transactions come in by importing files, recording private macros, or signing up for the separate SimpleFIN Bridge service to sync with your bank.

The app is available in more than 20 languages and includes videos that explain the budgeting method.

## Who Buckets suits

- Couples and families who keep one shared budget across their computers
- People who want envelope budgeting without a monthly fee or a cloud account

One limit: The maker's guide says the Buckets mobile app is read-only for now; budgeting happens in the desktop app.

## What Buckets costs

Free tier: Free trial. Buckets has an untimed free trial; after that it is a one-time license that covers every computer in your household, with no monthly fee.

Current prices: https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/buy/ (we do not list prices: makers change them, so check the maker's own page before you buy).

## How Buckets got on this page

Listed by CookiesForAI from public pages: we saved Buckets's store page or website and checked the facts on this page against the saved copies on 14 OCT 2026. The maker did not pay and was not asked.

Pages we saved: [budgetwithbuckets.com](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/), [budgetwithbuckets.com](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/blog/2018/04/23/history-and-future.html), [budgetwithbuckets.com](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/blog/), [budgetwithbuckets.com](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/guide/everything/), [budgetwithbuckets.com](https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/download/). Independent by our checks on 14 OCT 2026 ([how we decide](https://cookiesforai.app/method)).

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