Guide & Resources for ActualBudget

Actual Budget helps you manage personal finances using the well-established envelope budgeting method, where every dollar is assigned to a category ("budgeted") before it's spent. It's local-first: your financial data lives on your own server rather than a third party's cloud, and syncs across your own devices without a subscription. The app has no separate username, access is controlled by a single server-wide password, set and changed through a simple bootstrap process on first boot. It runs as a single lightweight container with all data stored in a mounted volume, making it easy to back up and restore. It's a self-hosted alternative to commercial budgeting apps like YNAB, for users who want full ownership of their financial data.

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