actualbudget

    actualbudget/actual

    A local-first personal finance app

    29.9K stars
    3.2K forks
    29.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 30 days ago, with 465 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #99 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a local-first personal finance app for budgeting and money management with synchronization across devices.
    • Enables secure, offline-first budgeting with seamless multi-device sync without relying on heavy cloud infrastructure.
    • Use for managing personal budgets and tracking expenses securely on desktop platforms without internet dependency.
    • Ideal for users migrating from other budgeting apps seeking an open-source, privacy-focused finance tool.
    • Use for developers or contributors interested in extending or self-hosting a TypeScript-based finance application.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. It is 100% free and open-source, written in NodeJS, it has a synchronization element so that all your changes can move between devices without any heavy lifting.

    If you are interested in contributing, or want to know how development works, see our contributing document we would love to have you.

    Want to say thanks? Click the ⭐ at the top of the page.

    Learn more in the installation instructions docs.

    Excerpt from the actualbudget/actual README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Sep 18: -34

    +1,971 stars over 90 days across 8 snapshot days.

    Forks

    3.2K+446

    Open issues

    207-12

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