Actual (Budget)

Actual is a fast, secure, self-hosted, open source personal finance tool. Much like YNAB, Actual implements budgeting based on a monthly envelope system. Guided Tour A mobile app is available for iPhones and iPads so that available amounts (in envelopes) can be viewed before spending money.

Actual is available on the LAN at http://10.1.1.8:24480 or externally at https://budget.tikishack.com

Setup

Setup was quick and easy using this docker-compose.yaml:

version: '3'
services:
  actual_server:
    image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:latest
    ports:
      # This line makes Actual available at port 5006 of the device you run the server on,
      # i.e. http://localhost:5006. You can change the first number to change the port, if you want.
      - '5006:5006'
    # environment:
      # Uncomment any of the lines below to set configuration options.
      # - ACTUAL_HTTPS_KEY=/data/selfhost.key
      # - ACTUAL_HTTPS_CERT=/data/selfhost.crt
      # - ACTUAL_PORT=5006
      # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20
      # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_SYNC_ENCRYPTED_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=50
      # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20
      # See all options and more details at https://actualbudget.github.io/docs/Installing/Configuration
      # !! If you are not using any of these options, remove the 'environment:' tag entirely.
    volumes:
      # Change './actual-data' below to the path to the folder you want Actual to store its data in on your server.
      # '/data' is the path Actual will look for its files in by default, so leave that as-is.
      - ./actual-data:/data
    restart: unless-stopped