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Actual Budget

Do your finances with Actual Budget

Actual Budget

Actual Budget is a free, open-source personal finance app built around the envelope budgeting method.

  • Privacy-focused: Users can self-host their data or use encrypted cloud syncing.
  • Key Features:
    • Multi-account tracking
    • Transaction importing
    • Customizable financial reports
    • Optional syncing via services like PikaPods
  • Ideal for: Those who want a transparent, self-hosted alternative to proprietary budgeting tools.

Author: @armbian

Status: Stable

armbian-config --cmd ABU001

Warning: HTTPS Certificate Required

After initially installing the Actual server, you might get stuck at the step:
“Initializing the connection to the local database…”

The issue is due to the server not having an HTTPS certificate.
After activating an HTTPS certificate for the Actual server, everything should work fine.

If you still encounter issues even after setting up HTTPS, we highly recommend reaching out to the Actual Budget Discord server — the developers and community there are very kind and helpful.

Actual Budget remove:
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armbian-config --cmd ABU002
Actual Budget purge with data folder:
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armbian-config --cmd ABU003