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[GH-ISSUE #672] [Feature] Allow changing the base URL #114653
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Originally created by @Corza on GitHub (Feb 21, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/672
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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?
I'd like to access my Actual Budget from a subfolder on the domain such as example.com/budget
I am using SWAG reverse proxy.
Currently there is no way to set the base URL and as such, any reverse proxy used in this configuration does not work.
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@anthonymesa commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2023):
I am willing to take a stab at a fix for this. I understand that the actual-server container uses the actual-app npm module. Since you would want the server and the client to both be available at domain.com/route, I assume this fix requires modification of both the actual-app and the actual-server?
@j-f1 commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2023):
Sorry for the delay in replying. It would indeed require a modification of both client and server. Off the top of my head, these things would need to change:
/-prefixed URLs). This is a bit tricky because you can load up e.g.<actual-server>/accounts/budgetedand you will get back the same HTML file as if you load the home route, so regular relative URLs won’t work. This would probably have to be done on the server.browser-server.*.worker.jsloads/kcab/kcab.worker.*.jsviaimportScriptsreact-routerhas an option to set a base URL. You’d need to audit for usage of the rawwindow.locationAPI to ensure there aren’t any issues.There are probably things that I’ve missed, but hopefully the information listed above is enough to get you up and running so you can more thoroughly test things out and find the things I forgot about :)
The existing frontend should work as-is with the API not being hosted at the root (i.e. put
http://localhost:5006/foo/barinto the server config text field when first using Actual)@asfalots commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2023):
IMHO you should use the
proxy_passoption from your reverse proxy to trim the/budgetfrom the call you made to Actual-server.It does not need any application modification, maybe just an explanation in the documentation.
@j-f1 commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2023):
@asfalots That’s not enough to get things working properly — the things I listed in my comment need to be changed too.
@winklevos commented on GitHub (Mar 26, 2023):
I agree, this is certainly needed
@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 1, 2023):
✨ Thanks for sharing your idea! ✨
This repository is now using lodash style issue management for enhancements. This means enhancement issues will now be closed instead of leaving them open. This doesn’t mean we don’t accept feature requests, though! We will consider implementing ones that receive many upvotes, and we welcome contributions for any feature requests marked as needing votes (just post a comment first so we can help you make a successful contribution).
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@razorman8669 commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2024):
This is still an issue as
actualdoesn't use relative links, and when running actual behind a reverse proxy via paths (instead of sub domains) it doesn't work.For my use case, I cannot run it as a subdomain and instead need to change the base URL to a custom path (ie:
mydomain.com/actual) so I can run it alongside other services on the same server.are there any developments to get configurable base URL's in actual?
@kgadberry commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2024):
I'd also like this to be implemented, if there are any developments.
@dojoca commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2024):
Really wish this was implemented... it's the last thing holding me back from using actualbudget.
@dojoca commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2024):
Have there been any developments on this? I tried the solution under the linked “don’t clobber” discussion but it didn’t work unfortunately.
@JacobDB commented on GitHub (Feb 22, 2025):
I'd also like to voice my support for this issue. I like to host things at a path so that I don't have to expose my hosted applications at subdomains. It's a bit of "security through obscurity," and it means I only need to manage one SSL certificate. I might put this at
apps.example.com/actual, for example.@SunFlowerOwl commented on GitHub (Sep 15, 2025):
I'd also like to voice my support for this issue.
@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2025):
I'd also would like to see this feature added.
@Leynch commented on GitHub (Nov 23, 2025):
+1
@pcsherid commented on GitHub (Jan 10, 2026):
+1
@sylvainpetit commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2026):
I really wish this was implemented!
On my apache reverse proxy I tried using mod_substitute to rewrite the links in the HTML, but couldn't get it to work...
@lorenzonotaro commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2026):
I'd also like this feature to be implemented. In my case, it is impractical to use subdomains and would really like to be able to serve actual from a different location than /.