Actual

Local-first personal finance tool based on zero-sum budgeting, supporting synchronization across devices, custom rules, manual transaction importing (from QIF, OFX, and QFX files), and optional automatic synchronization with many banks.

Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 1,470 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
30.3k
Forks
3.3k
Open issues & PRs
219
Last commit
2026-11-09
Latest release
v26.11.0
2026-11-02
Commits (12 mo)
1.5k
Releases (12 mo)
10+
License
MIT
Language / platform
Nodejs, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 1,470 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API; release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Actual yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

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