#actualbudget — Public Fediverse posts

Here is a follow-up to my post about switching from YNAB to Actual Budget

I’ve now created a guide for Actual Budget on Uberspace, and the @ubernauten team was kind enough to publish it in their Lab.

https://u8lab.uberspace.de/guide_actual/

The guide shows how easy it is to run Actual Budget on Uberspace (including simple updates)

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

Here is a follow-up to my post about switching from YNAB to Actual Budget

I’ve now created a guide for Actual Budget on Uberspace, and the @ubernauten team was kind enough to publish it in their Lab.

https://u8lab.uberspace.de/guide_actual/

The guide shows how easy it is to run Actual Budget on Uberspace (including simple updates)

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

Here is a follow-up to my post about switching from YNAB to Actual Budget

I’ve now created a guide for Actual Budget on Uberspace, and the @ubernauten team was kind enough to publish it in their Lab.

https://u8lab.uberspace.de/guide_actual/

The guide shows how easy it is to run Actual Budget on Uberspace (including simple updates)

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

Here is a follow-up to my post about switching from YNAB to Actual Budget

I’ve now created a guide for Actual Budget on Uberspace, and the @ubernauten team was kind enough to publish it in their Lab.

https://u8lab.uberspace.de/guide_actual/

The guide shows how easy it is to run Actual Budget on Uberspace (including simple updates)

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

Here is a follow-up to my post about switching from YNAB to Actual Budget

I’ve now created a guide for Actual Budget on Uberspace, and the @ubernauten team was kind enough to publish it in their Lab.

https://u8lab.uberspace.de/guide_actual/

The guide shows how easy it is to run Actual Budget on Uberspace (including simple updates)

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and moved my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files was next for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and moved my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files was next for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and moved my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files was next for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and moved my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files was next for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and moved my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files was next for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

I was a long-time fan of YNAB and the envelope method, but the app has unfortunately become much worse. Instead of real features, there were questionable design changes that disrupt the user flow – all while prices are rising.

Luckily, I discovered Actual Budget on Digital Independence Day. It is open-source, supports the envelope method, and can be used offline or self-hosted. Unlike YNAB, the community provides features that actually help, such as templates, rules, and notes for all categories.

I am now hosting it with @ubernauten. Instead of paying an expensive subscription for a worse user experience, I prefer to donate the money directly to the developers of Actual Budget while supporting a local hoster.

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

I was a long-time fan of YNAB and the envelope method, but the app has unfortunately become much worse. Instead of real features, there were questionable design changes that disrupt the user flow – all while prices are rising.

Luckily, I discovered Actual Budget on Digital Independence Day. It is open-source, supports the envelope method, and can be used offline or self-hosted. Unlike YNAB, the community provides features that actually help, such as templates, rules, and notes for all categories.

I am now hosting it with @ubernauten. Instead of paying an expensive subscription for a worse user experience, I prefer to donate the money directly to the developers of Actual Budget while supporting a local hoster.

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

I was a long-time fan of YNAB and the envelope method, but the app has unfortunately become much worse. Instead of real features, there were questionable design changes that disrupt the user flow – all while prices are rising.

Luckily, I discovered Actual Budget on Digital Independence Day. It is open-source, supports the envelope method, and can be used offline or self-hosted. Unlike YNAB, the community provides features that actually help, such as templates, rules, and notes for all categories.

I am now hosting it with @ubernauten. Instead of paying an expensive subscription for a worse user experience, I prefer to donate the money directly to the developers of Actual Budget while supporting a local hoster.

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

I was a long-time fan of YNAB and the envelope method, but the app has unfortunately become much worse. Instead of real features, there were questionable design changes that disrupt the user flow – all while prices are rising.

Luckily, I discovered Actual Budget on Digital Independence Day. It is open-source, supports the envelope method, and can be used offline or self-hosted. Unlike YNAB, the community provides features that actually help, such as templates, rules, and notes for all categories.

I am now hosting it with @ubernauten. Instead of paying an expensive subscription for a worse user experience, I prefer to donate the money directly to the developers of Actual Budget while supporting a local hoster.

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

I was a long-time fan of YNAB and the envelope method, but the app has unfortunately become much worse. Instead of real features, there were questionable design changes that disrupt the user flow – all while prices are rising.

Luckily, I discovered Actual Budget on Digital Independence Day. It is open-source, supports the envelope method, and can be used offline or self-hosted. Unlike YNAB, the community provides features that actually help, such as templates, rules, and notes for all categories.

I am now hosting it with @ubernauten. Instead of paying an expensive subscription for a worse user experience, I prefer to donate the money directly to the developers of Actual Budget while supporting a local hoster.

#did #actualbudget #ynab #enshitification #budget

Nächstes Projekt ist der eigentliche, lokale Homeserver mit paperless ngx, nextcloud, actual budget, einem Notfall - Passbolt, immich und wenn ich noch Lust drauf habe n8n. #selfhosted #paperlessngx #nextcloud #actualbudget #immich #passbolt #n8n

Ok, so now I can actually use Actual Budget.

So far:

* Keyboard shortcuts, but not for reconciling, which is the one shortcut I use all the time.
* No budget targets/goals, although YNAB's implementation is so strange I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
* No differentiation between account types, other than on budget or off budget. Don't think I care.
* No budget categories for credit card payments, which I think I prefer.
* Seems to have more interesting/flexible reporting, including report dashboards you can set up.
* Seems like it will pick up on reoccuring transactions, which is something I liked in Lunch Money but YNAB does not have.
* No mobile app. You can save to homescreen which kind of works offline, but only if you're launching it on the local network frequently. Otherwise things get out of sync.

#Homelab #SelfHosted #ActualBudget #YNAB #PersonalFinance

Ok, so now I can actually use Actual Budget.

So far:

* Keyboard shortcuts, but not for reconciling, which is the one shortcut I use all the time.
* No budget targets/goals, although YNAB's implementation is so strange I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
* No differentiation between account types, other than on budget or off budget. Don't think I care.
* No budget categories for credit card payments, which I think I prefer.
* Seems to have more interesting/flexible reporting, including report dashboards you can set up.
* Seems like it will pick up on reoccuring transactions, which is something I liked in Lunch Money but YNAB does not have.
* No mobile app. You can save to homescreen which kind of works offline, but only if you're launching it on the local network frequently. Otherwise things get out of sync.

#Homelab #SelfHosted #ActualBudget #YNAB #PersonalFinance

Ok, so now I can actually use Actual Budget.

So far:

* Keyboard shortcuts, but not for reconciling, which is the one shortcut I use all the time.
* No budget targets/goals, although YNAB's implementation is so strange I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
* No differentiation between account types, other than on budget or off budget. Don't think I care.
* No budget categories for credit card payments, which I think I prefer.
* Seems to have more interesting/flexible reporting, including report dashboards you can set up.
* Seems like it will pick up on reoccuring transactions, which is something I liked in Lunch Money but YNAB does not have.
* No mobile app. You can save to homescreen which kind of works offline, but only if you're launching it on the local network frequently. Otherwise things get out of sync.

#Homelab #SelfHosted #ActualBudget #YNAB #PersonalFinance

Ok, so now I can actually use Actual Budget.

So far:

* Keyboard shortcuts, but not for reconciling, which is the one shortcut I use all the time.
* No budget targets/goals, although YNAB's implementation is so strange I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
* No differentiation between account types, other than on budget or off budget. Don't think I care.
* No budget categories for credit card payments, which I think I prefer.
* Seems to have more interesting/flexible reporting, including report dashboards you can set up.
* Seems like it will pick up on reoccuring transactions, which is something I liked in Lunch Money but YNAB does not have.
* No mobile app. You can save to homescreen which kind of works offline, but only if you're launching it on the local network frequently. Otherwise things get out of sync.

#Homelab #SelfHosted #ActualBudget #YNAB #PersonalFinance

Ok, so now I can actually use Actual Budget.

So far:

* Keyboard shortcuts, but not for reconciling, which is the one shortcut I use all the time.
* No budget targets/goals, although YNAB's implementation is so strange I'm not even sure that's a bad thing.
* No differentiation between account types, other than on budget or off budget. Don't think I care.
* No budget categories for credit card payments, which I think I prefer.
* Seems to have more interesting/flexible reporting, including report dashboards you can set up.
* Seems like it will pick up on reoccuring transactions, which is something I liked in Lunch Money but YNAB does not have.
* No mobile app. You can save to homescreen which kind of works offline, but only if you're launching it on the local network frequently. Otherwise things get out of sync.

#Homelab #SelfHosted #ActualBudget #YNAB #PersonalFinance

CVE Alert: CVE-2026-27638 - actualbudget - actual - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2026-27638-actualbudget-actual/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2026-27638 #actualbudget #actual

Spent the evening balancing the books in #ActualBudget – which, yes, is depressingly middle-aged, but it's so satisfying to have some (partly illusory) control over money going out, and I love that I'm not giving #YNAB twenty quid a month to do it.

#FOSS is amazo.

Spent the evening balancing the books in #ActualBudget – which, yes, is depressingly middle-aged, but it's so satisfying to have some (partly illusory) control over money going out, and I love that I'm not giving #YNAB twenty quid a month to do it.

#FOSS is amazo.

Spent the evening balancing the books in #ActualBudget – which, yes, is depressingly middle-aged, but it's so satisfying to have some (partly illusory) control over money going out, and I love that I'm not giving #YNAB twenty quid a month to do it.

#FOSS is amazo.

Spent the evening balancing the books in #ActualBudget – which, yes, is depressingly middle-aged, but it's so satisfying to have some (partly illusory) control over money going out, and I love that I'm not giving #YNAB twenty quid a month to do it.

#FOSS is amazo.

J'ai désactivé :
- #nocodb parce que pas besoin en ce moment
- #journiv parce que je n'arrive pas à bien gérer l'accès depuis l'extérieur de mon réseau, et je ne prends pas le temps de journaler quotidiennement
- #actualbudget mais là, je fais une connerie, faut que je le reactive/reconfig
- #wallos pareil qu'au dessus, faut que je le relance

To be clear, #ActualBudget was REALLY getting good when I left - felt like jumping ship right as it hit its stride

They've added custom reports with Excel-style formulas, a burndown chart, and the UI keeps improving. Genuinely great #opensource budgeting software

But as a #SoftwareEngineer, the scriptability of #beancount is a huge win. I can pipe data through #fzf for fuzzy account selection, write #Python scripts that understand my finances, and build weird custom tools that would be impossible in a GUI app

Sometimes you just need to "grep" your money

#plainTextAccounting #CLI #devTools #personalFinance #fava #budgeting

Made the switch from #ActualBudget to #beancount for my personal finances

The ecosystem is nice
- #fava, #beangulp for imports, #beanahead for recurring transactions, #favaCustomDashboards for charts, and #favaInvestor for portfolio tracking

Also went overboard with custom stuff:
- PDF importers with #ML payee/account prediction
- Custom linters for validation
- Forked #favaEnvelope for envelope budgeting
- #Makefile with 28 targets for price fetching to #FIRE calcs

#plainTextAccounting is great when you can just write #Python to solve your edge cases

#personalFinance #doubleEntryAccounting #CLI #fintech #devlife

Made the switch from #ActualBudget to #beancount for my personal finances

The ecosystem is nice
- #fava, #beangulp for imports, #beanahead for recurring transactions, #favaCustomDashboards for charts, and #favaInvestor for portfolio tracking

Also went overboard with custom stuff:
- PDF importers with #ML payee/account prediction
- Custom linters for validation
- Forked #favaEnvelope for envelope budgeting
- #Makefile with 28 targets for price fetching to #FIRE calcs

#plainTextAccounting is great when you can just write #Python to solve your edge cases

#personalFinance #doubleEntryAccounting #CLI #fintech #devlife

Made the switch from #ActualBudget to #beancount for my personal finances

The ecosystem is nice
- #fava, #beangulp for imports, #beanahead for recurring transactions, #favaCustomDashboards for charts, and #favaInvestor for portfolio tracking

Also went overboard with custom stuff:
- PDF importers with #ML payee/account prediction
- Custom linters for validation
- Forked #favaEnvelope for envelope budgeting
- #Makefile with 28 targets for price fetching to #FIRE calcs

#plainTextAccounting is great when you can just write #Python to solve your edge cases

#personalFinance #doubleEntryAccounting #CLI #fintech #devlife

Made the switch from #ActualBudget to #beancount for my personal finances

The ecosystem is nice
- #fava, #beangulp for imports, #beanahead for recurring transactions, #favaCustomDashboards for charts, and #favaInvestor for portfolio tracking

Also went overboard with custom stuff:
- PDF importers with #ML payee/account prediction
- Custom linters for validation
- Forked #favaEnvelope for envelope budgeting
- #Makefile with 28 targets for price fetching to #FIRE calcs

#plainTextAccounting is great when you can just write #Python to solve your edge cases

#personalFinance #doubleEntryAccounting #CLI #fintech #devlife

Made the switch from #ActualBudget to #beancount for my personal finances

The ecosystem is nice
- #fava, #beangulp for imports, #beanahead for recurring transactions, #favaCustomDashboards for charts, and #favaInvestor for portfolio tracking

Also went overboard with custom stuff:
- PDF importers with #ML payee/account prediction
- Custom linters for validation
- Forked #favaEnvelope for envelope budgeting
- #Makefile with 28 targets for price fetching to #FIRE calcs

#plainTextAccounting is great when you can just write #Python to solve your edge cases

#personalFinance #doubleEntryAccounting #CLI #fintech #devlife

about 2 weeks since i started #homelabbing
changes and improvements since,

- i had initially everything setup on wifi and that was hella unstable, i would get random connections drops. i bought an extension board and connected everything via ethernet to my router's internal switch.
- i had been using my old dell inspiron n4010 as my #NAS but the usb 2.0 was starting to become a painfull bottleneck and i eventually shifted the HDD to my thinkpad with a usb 3.0 port. unsure how i wanna use the dell now, i would probably shift adguard home and other light services over to it.
- have setup #dockge to easily manage docker containers and "stacks" as they call it.
- have setup a few other services including but not limited to, #navidrome, #actualbudget and #karakeep.

L'idée, c'est de #selfhosted sur #yunohost des trucs stables genre :
- #actualbudget
- #freshrss
- #immich
- #jellyfin
- #nocodb
- #readeck
- #wallos
- éventuellement un ollama
- d'autres trucs que je connais pas encore.

Je garde sur le NAS les trucs que je teste, et les trucs qui n'existent pas sur yuno, genre #pinchflat ou #stashapp.

Donc prochain défi : trouver comment faire passer Yunohost par le reverseproxy synology :)

@markusr wie sind die Bedienkonzepte in #Actualbudget im Vergleich zu #YNAB? Ich nutze zweiteres schon sehr lange und habe meine Workflows, die ich blind runter spule. Ich schätze aber im Sinne von #DiDay, #unplugtrump und #unplugbigtech sollte ich mir das auch mal ansehen.

@markusr wie sind die Bedienkonzepte in #Actualbudget im Vergleich zu #YNAB? Ich nutze zweiteres schon sehr lange und habe meine Workflows, die ich blind runter spule. Ich schätze aber im Sinne von #DiDay, #unplugtrump und #unplugbigtech sollte ich mir das auch mal ansehen.

@markusr wie sind die Bedienkonzepte in #Actualbudget im Vergleich zu #YNAB? Ich nutze zweiteres schon sehr lange und habe meine Workflows, die ich blind runter spule. Ich schätze aber im Sinne von #DiDay, #unplugtrump und #unplugbigtech sollte ich mir das auch mal ansehen.

@markusr wie sind die Bedienkonzepte in #Actualbudget im Vergleich zu #YNAB? Ich nutze zweiteres schon sehr lange und habe meine Workflows, die ich blind runter spule. Ich schätze aber im Sinne von #DiDay, #unplugtrump und #unplugbigtech sollte ich mir das auch mal ansehen.

@markusr wie sind die Bedienkonzepte in #Actualbudget im Vergleich zu #YNAB? Ich nutze zweiteres schon sehr lange und habe meine Workflows, die ich blind runter spule. Ich schätze aber im Sinne von #DiDay, #unplugtrump und #unplugbigtech sollte ich mir das auch mal ansehen.

Dann springe ich auch Mal auf den #DiDay-Trend auf: Heute habe ich #YNAB durch https://actualbudget.org ersetzt. Das kann budgeting im Browser. Anders als YNAB ist #Actualbudget selfhosted und kann optional E2E-Encryption.

Dann springe ich auch Mal auf den #DiDay-Trend auf: Heute habe ich #YNAB durch https://actualbudget.org ersetzt. Das kann budgeting im Browser. Anders als YNAB ist #Actualbudget selfhosted und kann optional E2E-Encryption.

Dann springe ich auch Mal auf den #DiDay-Trend auf: Heute habe ich #YNAB durch https://actualbudget.org ersetzt. Das kann budgeting im Browser. Anders als YNAB ist #Actualbudget selfhosted und kann optional E2E-Encryption.

Dann springe ich auch Mal auf den #DiDay-Trend auf: Heute habe ich #YNAB durch https://actualbudget.org ersetzt. Das kann budgeting im Browser. Anders als YNAB ist #Actualbudget selfhosted und kann optional E2E-Encryption.

Dann springe ich auch Mal auf den #DiDay-Trend auf: Heute habe ich #YNAB durch https://actualbudget.org ersetzt. Das kann budgeting im Browser. Anders als YNAB ist #Actualbudget selfhosted und kann optional E2E-Encryption.

Financial data tracking!

I've been getting real fed up with Money Manager Ex recently, mostly due to file sync issues, data conflicts and the fact that it's quite old, clunky UI and takes a lot of time to use (manually adding every transaction has lots of friction). This is in no way a complain or any hate towards the development teams working on it by the way! It's been really useful for me. I've just found an alternative that I'm going to try out, called Actual Budget:

https://actualbudget.org

I'll be able to self-host it on my computer at home, and the data is end-to-end encrypted which is quite important for financial data.

I'm considering importing all my data from MMEX, but that is a guaranteed pain so I doubt I will attempt it.

#FinanceTracking #MoneyManagerEx #ActualBudget #Budgeting

#0ut3rSpace https://0ut3r.space/2025/11/12/cool-selfhosted-solutions/ #actualbudget #cloudflared #grocy #immich #jellyfin #joplin #kavita #navidrome #ocular #opensource #paperlessngx #selfhosted #syncthing #transmission #unraid #nas #docker

#0ut3rSpace https://0ut3r.space/2025/11/12/cool-selfhosted-solutions/ #actualbudget #cloudflared #grocy #immich #jellyfin #joplin #kavita #navidrome #ocular #opensource #paperlessngx #selfhosted #syncthing #transmission #unraid #nas #docker

#0ut3rSpace https://0ut3r.space/2025/11/12/cool-selfhosted-solutions/ #actualbudget #cloudflared #grocy #immich #jellyfin #joplin #kavita #navidrome #ocular #opensource #paperlessngx #selfhosted #syncthing #transmission #unraid #nas #docker

#0ut3rSpace https://0ut3r.space/2025/11/12/cool-selfhosted-solutions/ #actualbudget #cloudflared #grocy #immich #jellyfin #joplin #kavita #navidrome #ocular #opensource #paperlessngx #selfhosted #syncthing #transmission #unraid