Deployment
Docker & GPU
Docker support: Yes
GPU: Not required
Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.
Productivity / Finance
Actual Budget on VPS
Local-first personal finance app with envelope budgeting
- GitHub stars
- ~26000
- License
- MIT
- Docker
- Yes
- GPU
- Not required
Requirements
Minimum and recommended VPS specs
Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.
| Resource | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| RAM | 512 MB Estimated | 1 GB Estimated |
| CPU | 1 vCPU Estimated | 1 vCPU Estimated |
| Disk | 5 GB Estimated | Not stated Not stated |
Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.
RunOnVPS sizing suggestion
Suggested VPS tier
1 GB RAM tier
This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Actual Budget’s recommended RAM of 1 GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.
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Commercial alternative
What it can replace
YNAB
Actual Budget is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to YNAB. Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.
Source check
Important notes
Official docs confirm an official Docker image (actualbudget/actual-server) and a Compose file in the repo; no official RAM/CPU/disk minimum stated (checked 2026-10-24); estimates based on the single-container SQLite deployment. Stars approximate as of 2026-10-24.
Data source: https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/docker/
Project repository: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual
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