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      Sydney last edited by Sydney

      Actual is a self hosted, open source financial planning and budgeting system. It's designed to be fast, local-first, and privacy friendly, and has a lot of powerful features for budgeting and financial planning.

      The Actual application was originally a closed-source software offering by James Long, but it has been recently released as an open source application under the MIT license.

      The actual website and landing page is available at:

      https://actualbudget.com/

      And their source code is available at:

      https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server

      https://github.com/actualbudget/actual

      Actual already comes with a Docker image:

      https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server#running-via-docker

      They have an online demo that you can use to try out the features here:

      https://app.actualbudget.com/

      I recommend Cloudron to package Actual, because it is a modern, high-quality financial planning app that adds value to a category that Cloudron does not have many applications in. Actual is fast, and unusually powerful, and has a great feature-set and UX/UI experience.

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        jdaviescoates @Sydney last edited by

        @Sydney nice!

        Although given it's a local app I guess it's actually the actual-server we'd need packaging for Cloudron:

        https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server

        I use Cloudron with Gandi & Hetzner

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          Sydney @jdaviescoates last edited by

          @jdaviescoates Thank you!

          I'll edit the main post to include the correct link. I am quite excited for Actual, as it is quite polished and well-made- and I hope to see it on Cloudron soon!

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            infogulch last edited by

            Neat app. I wonder how it compares to firefly iii

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              Sydney last edited by

              It will be really great if this app could be packaged before the start of June. I'll be beginning a new job then, and it would be a good time to upgrade my budgeting workflow 😉

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                micmc @Sydney last edited by

                @Sydney Cool find.

                While Firefly is actually a great software, I think Actual would be a great addition as well. I too love the modern flat design, efficient and fast.


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                  jagadeesh-s2104 last edited by

                  Actual ++

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                    privsec last edited by

                    Wow. What a software!

                    I currently use quicken, but would switch to this in an instant if it was available.

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                      stefano last edited by

                      Seems nice, it's quite similar to YNAB, isn't it? Well, definitely more than Firefly III.

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                        LoudLemur @Sydney last edited by

                        @Sydney Great suggestion and nicely formatted. I think it always must encourage people here if you mention that there is already a Docker image available, which there is:

                        https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server#running-via-docker

                        I hope we get this going.

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                          Sydney @LoudLemur last edited by

                          @LoudLemur Thank you very much! I'll update the post to include the docker image link.

                          I'm glad to see so much interest for Actual. I am really looking forwards to seeing it on Cloudron as well!

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                            random_eric App Dev last edited by

                            I tried the demo and it looks great.
                            Is there a way that I can test it on my server?

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                              random_eric App Dev @random_eric last edited by random_eric

                              I've packaged the app, but I'm not sure what to do next.
                              The repo can be found here:
                              https://github.com/thejinx0r/actual-server-cloudron

                              It's been working great for me.

                              edit:
                              I continue to maintain it at https://git.eyen.ca/cloudron/actual-server

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                                subven @random_eric last edited by subven

                                @random_eric get a review by @girish or @nebulon 🙂 At first glance it looks good but I think /app/data should be owned by www-data who also runs the apps process. Maybe adjust the start script and Dockerfile for better continuity,

                                btw the Cloudron user is called yellowtent internally ^^

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                                  random_eric App Dev @subven last edited by

                                  @subven
                                  Thanks for the feedback!
                                  For the user, I was following the nodejs tutorial. I'm not sure whihch one to use at the moment.

                                  Anyways, I'll wait for feedback from @girish or @nebulon

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                                    girish Staff @random_eric last edited by

                                    @random_eric Ah nice, I will give this a try later today! Actual doesn't need any database configuration and such?

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                                      subven @girish last edited by

                                      @girish they use better-sqlite3 but store everything in /data ^^ The app is not designed to use an external database connection as far as I can see.

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                                        Sydney @girish last edited by

                                        @girish Hi there! Congratulations on the recent 7.3.x release. Is there any information on adding Actual to the Cloudron app store? I would very much like to use it 🙂

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