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Getting started

Install PennyBolt and see your first chart in ten minutes.

Getting started walks you from a blank computer to a working PennyBolt file, in the order these three pages are meant to be read.

The first page answers the question worth settling before you install anything: what PennyBolt actually is, who it is built for, and what it deliberately does not do yet, so you can judge whether it fits before spending any more time on it. It also states where PennyBolt runs: on your own computer, never on our servers, with your financial life kept in a single file you control from the start.

Once you have decided it fits, install PennyBolt. Downloading and running the installer itself takes about a minute; the rest of that page covers what to expect on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and what your computer needs to run it.

The last page is where PennyBolt stops being an empty install and becomes useful. It takes about ten minutes to create your file, add one account, import a bank download, and open your first report, and it assumes nothing except that you have a recent download from your bank ready to use.

If you’re coming to PennyBolt from Quicken, finish this section first rather than skipping ahead to the migration guide. Installing and taking that first ten-minute pass through PennyBolt gives you a working file and a sense of how the app behaves, both of which make Switching from Quicken easier once you start it.