Self-host Actual Budget with Docker
A local-first personal finance and budgeting app with multi-device sync you fully own.
This page describes the Levelrail template for Actual Budget (Finance). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.
Project site: https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/docker.Recommended memory: about 256 MiB.
Services, ports and volumes
| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
actual | actualbudget/actual-server:edge | 5006 | actualbudget_data -> /data |
Environment variables
| Service | Variable | Value |
|---|---|---|
actual | ACTUAL_LOGIN_METHOD | Preset in the template |
Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.
Deploy Actual Budget with Levelrail
In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Actual Budget. Review the Compose body and deploy.
With the CLI:
levelrail-cli templates deploy actualbudget --name my-actualbudgetSee Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.
More Finance templates
All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.