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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.

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Still maintained? Yes: 319 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v26.10.0 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Mint.

Docker #2 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management

At a glance

Actual quick facts

Health score
98/100 GOOD
Stars
29,864
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v26.10.0, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View actualbudget/actual on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Actual

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "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."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Actual scores 98/100, #2 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 319 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v26.10.0, 28 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 29,864 stars add 17.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.1 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 98 on 11 Sep, 98 nowSteady at 98 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    319 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v26.10.0 released 28 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 17.9 / 20

    30k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1531 commits over the last 12 months
319
Last 90 days
1,531
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #2 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between HyperSwitch (#1) and Firefly III (#3) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsNodejs, Docker
Latest releasev26.10.0 · 28 days ago
Stars29,864
Open issues113
DockerYes
Repositoryactualbudget/actual ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Actual vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Actual (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Actual (this tool) 98 30k MIT today
Firefly III 98 25k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
Ghostfolio 96 9.6k AGPL-3.0 today
Sure 96 11k AGPL-3.0 today
Econumo 88 120 MIT today
Ocular 64 576 MIT 1 month ago

Actual: common questions

What does Actual replace?

Repoly lists Actual as an open-source alternative to Mint. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Actual stands against the others.

Is Actual still maintained?

Actual had 319 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v26.10.0, is from 28 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.