Actual Budget

Local-first personal budgeting app that syncs across your devices

GitHub 30k Self-hosted Open Source MIT Web

Actual is a personal finance and budgeting app built around envelope budgeting. It works locally first and syncs your changes between devices, so it suits people who want to plan their money without a subscription service.

The README describes Actual as free and open source, written in Node.js, with desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux and a Docker image for self-hosting. The community documentation covers account management, migration from other budgeting apps and starting fresh. When self-hosted, your budget data stays on your own server.

Quick start

For a quick try only. See the official docs for data volumes, environment variables and a production setup.

Docker image: actualbudget/actual-server:latest

docker run -d \
  --name actual-budget \
  -p 5006:5006 \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  actualbudget/actual-server:latest

Then open http://localhost:5006

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