About
Envelope-style budgeting that runs on your own device. Give every euro a job, track accounts and see where the money actually goes.
Notes
Local-first, envelope-based personal finance tracker. The server component is a tiny Node app that syncs encrypted budget files between your devices — your numbers stay on your device, the server only stores the ciphertext.
Built from the official actualbudget/actual-server image. All sync data lives under the mounted data directory; back that up and your sync history is safe.
First-run flow: visit the URL, set a server password, then create a budget on a client (web, desktop, mobile) and point it here.
Alternative to: YNAB, Mint
Facts
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Source
- Official
- Runtime
- Container
- Devices
- Pi · Linux · Mac
- Min. RAM
- 128 MB
- Project
- actualbudget.org
Install
How to run Actual Budget yourself
- 01
Connect a device
A Raspberry Pi, a Linux machine or a Mac that is on anyway.
- 02
Install it
One click in your Obacht account. Your device checks the signature before anything runs.
- 03
Open it from anywhere
It gets a web address under your-name.obacht.space, with HTTPS. Add your own domain if you have one.
Open-source contribution
Forwarded
A fixed amount per install goes to Actual Budget, forwarded via Open Collective.
Run it on your own hardware.
Obacht is in a closed pilot phase. Put yourself on the list. We let people in a few at a time, so it can take a while.