katydid

(coming soon — bank feeds live in sycamore.) katydid only handles recurring expenses now. for bookkeeping, open sycamore.

(coming soon — transactions live in sycamore.) for bookkeeping (ledger, accounts, categorization, p&l), open sycamore.

(coming soon — reports live in sycamore.) for p&l, account-level reports, and tax exports, open sycamore.

the chart of accounts moved to sycamore. katydid only handles recurring expenses now — for the buckets every dollar in or out gets sorted into, open sycamore.

manual entries moved to sycamore. for cash sales, owner contributions, write-offs, or anything that didn't flow in from pawpaw, bluejay, pecan, or sassafras, log it directly in sycamore.

for bills that hit the same dollar amount every cycle — rent, software subs, insurance. set it up once and katydid posts it to your books on schedule.

for recurring bills with amounts that bounce — utilities, fuel, phone. katydid keeps a rolling 6-month average so spikes stand out.

katydid scans your sycamore ledger for vendors that hit roughly the same amount on a similar day each month. one click pins any match as a tracked recurring expense — no setup.

the dashboard's monthly baseline = recurring fixed bills + the 6-month average of variable recurring. that's the floor on what you have to make every month before you take home a dollar.

for categories that creep — meals, supplies, software — set a monthly cap. katydid flags the category as "approaching" or "over" before the month ends so you can pull back.

the vendor rollup view groups every transaction by description so you see who you spend the most with — useful for renegotiating, consolidating, or picking subscriptions to cancel.

for a vendor that changed terms (rent went up), a service you cancelled, or a seasonal pause. each schedule has edit + pause + delete from the row.