actual VS actual-server

There is some experimental work being done with SimpleFIN integration[1] for US banks but I can't comment on how well that works.

Personally, I add each transaction manually. It allows me to stay on top my budget.

[1] https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/2272

If you know how to self host, or have someone to teach you, you should check out Actual, https://actualbudget.org

Please upvote the feature request: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/2042

ActualBudget

But several months ago I went back to check out Actual budget which was a sort of YNAB-clone whose author decided to release as open source. If you are comfortable with a bit of command line work, you can install it easily enough running as a hosted service in the free tier of a provider. I'm running in fly.io (docs for that are here). It was a bit fiddly trying to get set up for the first time, but the docs are detailed, and since I got it working it's been flawless and easy.

The repo is pretty active too, wonder if there’s a follow up blog post about the transition. https://github.com/actualbudget/actual

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

I'd be curious what some other options are.

Regardless, this week's newsletter features a number of software updates and launches as usual, and also includes a self-hosted spotlight on Actual Budget, a self-hosted budgeting application.

Actual Budget (paid service stopped, open sourced, needs some technical knowledge)

ynab is the most popular one but I've recently moved to actual budget which might work if you're technically inclined.

If you're tech savvy then this is the closest and best I've found to YNAB: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual-server

Home Assistant and more recently Actual to know when I can buy more gadget for HA :)