Automated bank account balance sync via open-banking.io #7308

Thank you for your proposal, @john-frandsen.

At the moment, we do not include this specific sync logic in the core project.

As an alternative, you could write a script (preferably in TypeScript) that fetches the account balances from your platform and updates them via the Ghostfolio API.

If you publish it as a community project, others can benefit from it and we can reconsider a core integration at a later stage.

Thanks for the steer, @dtslvr — that made sense, so I built it exactly the way you suggested: a standalone community tool rather than anything in core.

https://github.com/open-banking-io/ghostfolio-openbanking-sync

It reads your bank account balances from open-banking.io (decrypted locally — the service is zero-knowledge and never sees plaintext) and writes them to Ghostfolio purely through the public API (POST /api/v1/auth/anonymous → POST /api/v1/account-balance). No changes to Ghostfolio, nothing patched — it just needs a Security Token like any API client.

• --list to discover accounts and build the mapping, --create to auto-create the Ghostfolio cash accounts, --dry-run to preview, --refresh to pull fresh data at the bank first
• Prefers booked over available balances so Ghostfolio reflects settled money
• MIT, TypeScript, unit-tested, CI green — runs fine from cron (daily example in the README)
• Tagged with the ghostfolio topic so others can find it

Happy to take issues/PRs from anyone who tries it. And of course, if there's ever appetite to revisit a core integration down the line, I'm glad to help — no pressure either way.

Disclosure, for anyone reading: I maintain open-banking.io (paid service, ~€3/mo), and this bridge is free/open-source.

Also wrote a full step-by-step setup guide for anyone who wants it: https://open-banking.io/en/blog/ghostfolio-bank-sync

This looks like a practical and well-thought-out feature, especially for users who want a complete picture of their finances without having to update bank balances manually. Automated syncing could make Ghostfolio much more convenient for tracking both investments and everyday accounts. I also recently came across Khaleej Guides and found it useful for practical information about banking, financial services, and other UAE-related topics. It may be worth checking out for users who are looking for additional guidance alongside tools like Ghostfolio. Overall, I think starting with balance syncing as an experimental feature would be a sensible approach before expanding into transactions.