Actual
RepositoryManages personal finances on your device, supports envelope budgeting, and syncs changes across devices.
Overview
Use case: Personal finance
This personal finance application prioritizes local use and provides synchronization so changes can move across devices. Its source describes free, open-source software, with MIT licensing recorded in the repository metadata.
It is for people managing their own finances, including newcomers to budgeting and users migrating from another application. The README points to envelope budgeting guidance and offers desktop, hosted and Docker deployment options.
Source-based overview · Not hands-on tested.
Good for
- Manage finances on your device
- Sync changes across devices
- Start an envelope budget
- Migrate from another budgeting app
- Self-host with a Docker image
Price
Setup
Technical setup (inferred)
Choose desktop apps for Windows, Mac or Linux, a Docker deployment, PikaPods or Fly.io hosting. The README links installation guidance.
Change history
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Licence, sources & verification
Listing facts
MIT| Source | https://github.com/actualbudget/actual |
|---|---|
| Author credit | actualbudget on GitHub |
| Licence | MIT |
| Use case / type | Personal finance · repository |
| Language | English |
Evidence
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- Source: Not checked; availability unconfirmed
Workflow context
- Intended task
- Organize financial information and review budgets and expenses.
- Setup
- Technical setup (inferred)
Choose desktop apps for Windows, Mac or Linux, a Docker deployment, PikaPods or Fly.io hosting. The README links installation guidance. - Prerequisites
- Review repository setup instructions, runtime, model access and API credentials; exact requirements are not established here.
- Limitations
- Not hands-on tested; capabilities and availability are unconfirmed.
- Price
- Free software; PikaPods ~2.00 $/month; Fly.io ~1.50 $/month.
Attribution & reuse
Source: actualbudget on GitHub.
Repository licence: MIT (check the repository for scope).
Changes made: summary paraphrased from the repository description with AI assistance, plus task tags; no README text, code or media reproduced.
Recorded modifications: Listing text rewritten in our own words from the source entry on 2026-10-22 (AI-assisted, editor-reviewed).
Editorial provenance
Summary quoted word for word from the source; not hands-on tested.
Manages personal finances on your device, supports envelope budgeting, and syncs changes across devices.
Not hands-on tested.
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