Install Actual Budget - Open Source Finance Management

Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

#ActualBudget #Accounting #Windows

Full steps can be found at i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0968.html

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What is Actual Budget?
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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. - github.com/actualbudget/actual

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Installing Actual Budget
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   01. Log into the Windows device
   02. Download the latest Actual Budget release github.com/actualbudget/actual/releases/latest
   03. Download NodeJS 16 nodejs.org/en/download/prebuilt-installer
   04. Download Git for Windows github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.46.2.windows.1
   05. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
   06. Install Microsoft Visual C++
   07. Install Git for Windows, accepting all the defaults
   08. Install NodeJS, accepting all the defaults
   09. Extract the downloaded Actual Budget files
   10. Rename the extracted folder actualbudget
   11. Cut the actualbudget folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\Apps\actualbudget in this example
   12. Right click the Start button ≫ Settings ≫ System ≫ About
   13. Click the Advanced system settings option
   14. Click the Environment Variables...
   15. Edit the System Path variable
   16. Click the New button
   17. Add the Git for Windows \bin directory (ie C:\Program Files\Git\bin)
   18. Click OK to all open dialog windows
   19. Click on the Start menu ≫ type cmd ≫ Right click on Command Prompt ≫ Run as administrator
   20. Run the following commands in the Command Prompt window
         # change directory to actualbudget, C:\Apps\actualbudget in this example
         cd C:\Apps\actualbudget
         # update npm
         npm install -g npm
         # install yarn
         npm install -g yarn
         # fix dependencies
         yarn install
         # run actual
         yarn start
   21. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3001
   22. Click the Don't use a server link
   23. Click Start Fresh
   24. Welcome to Actual Budget

Source: actualbudget.org/docs/install/local

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