1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe.git synced 2025-08-07 06:25:19 +02:00

Update README.md

Quick update to avoid confusing people ...

Signed-off-by: Juan José Mata <juanjo.mata@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Juan José Mata 2025-07-24 13:05:27 -07:00 committed by GitHub
parent d90d35d97b
commit 774d2f6eda
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: B5690EEEBB952194

View file

@ -1,27 +1,36 @@
<img width="1190" alt="maybe_hero" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/13fc5ef4-ce0f-4073-a163-9dbc3eb4c8e5" /> <img width="1190" alt="maybe_hero" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/13fc5ef4-ce0f-4073-a163-9dbc3eb4c8e5" />
# Maybe: The personal finance app for everyone # ~Maybe~Sure: The personal finance app for everyone
<b>Get <b>Get
involved: [Discord](https://link.maybe.co/discord) • [Website](https://maybefinance.com) • [Issues](https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe/issues)</b> involved: [Discord](https://link.maybe.co/discord) • [Website](https://maybefinance.com) • [Issues](https://github.com/we-promise/sure/issues)</b>
## Backstory ## Backstory
We spent the better part of 2021/2022 building a personal finance + wealth The Maybe Finance team spent the better part of 2021/2022 building a personal
management app called, Maybe. Very full-featured, including an "Ask an Advisor" finance + wealth management app called "Maybe". Very full-featured, including
feature which connected users with an actual CFP/CFA to help them with their an "Ask an Advisor" feature which connected users with an actual CFP/CFA to
finances (all included in your subscription). help them with their finances (all included in your subscription).
The business end of things didn't work out, and so we shut things down mid-2023. The business end of things didn't work out, and so they shut things down mid-2023.
We spent the better part of $1,000,000 building the app (employees + Having spent the better part of $1,000,000 building the app (employees +
contractors, data providers/services, infrastructure, etc.). contractors, data providers/services, infrastructure, etc.) they decided to
revive the product as a fully open-source project. The goal was to
We're now reviving the product as a fully open-source project. The goal is to
let you run the app yourself, for free, and use it to manage your own finances let you run the app yourself, for free, and use it to manage your own finances
and eventually offer a hosted version of the app for a small monthly fee. and eventually offer a hosted version of the app for a small monthly fee.
Which they did. Offer a hosted version for a short while.
That didn't work either (well, the "making it a sustainable B2C business" part
didn't) so here we are hosting a community maintained fork hoping to keep the
codebase alive and who knows what else will come next.
Join us?
[^^^ STOPPED EDITING HERE ^^^]
## Maybe Hosting ## Maybe Hosting
There are 2 primary ways to use the Maybe app: There are 2 primary ways to use the Maybe app: