Actual Budget
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A local-first personal finance app observed · 2026-10-06
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 28
- age_days: 1636
- days_rel: 18
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 32
Adoption not part of the score
29327 stars · 3091 forks observed · 2026-10-06
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-05, confidence 0.97
Actual Budget is a free, open‑source personal finance application that runs locally and can sync across devices. It supports envelope budgeting, transaction tracking, and custom reporting.
Use cases
- track personal expenses and income across multiple accounts
- manage a household budget using envelope budgeting methodology
- sync financial data securely between desktop, mobile, and web clients
- generate custom financial reports and visualizations
- import bank transactions and reconcile them with a budget
When to choose
- you need a privacy‑focused budgeting tool that stores data locally
- you want cross‑device sync without relying on third‑party services
- you prefer an open‑source solution you can self‑host or run offline
- you like envelope budgeting and want built‑in support for it
When to avoid
- you require enterprise‑grade accounting features or payroll integration
- you need a mobile‑only app with no desktop component
- you prefer a SaaS solution with managed backups and support
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework data-visualization auth developer-tools web-development cross-platform budgeting envelope-budgeting local-first sync end-to-end-encryption open-source self-hosted reporting personal-finance devops desktop electron nodejs docker web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual · fetched 2026-10-06 · 86f75c7d04ad
- homepage: https://actualbudget.org · fetched 2026-09-21 · f450afdb5617
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs · fetched 2026-09-21 · 9a17c3017436
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/install · fetched 2026-09-21 · 6e186d73e5d3
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/getting-started/sync · fetched 2026-09-21 · c315b037d6df
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/budgeting · fetched 2026-09-21 · a26c4e570441
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/transactions/transfers · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5f2da5af0fea
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/tour · fetched 2026-09-21 · 207becf257fb
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/community · fetched 2026-09-21 · 77a9726e4d81
- site_page: https://actualbudget.org/docs/accounts · fetched 2026-09-21 · f876a963196a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| actualbudget/actual | main | 98 |
| actualbudget/actual-server | backend | 10 |
| actualbudget/docs | docs | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="actualbudget/actual")
Data as of 2026-10-19T08:05:51.212177+00:00 · Report a problem