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* Simplify desktop client browser build * [AI] Move browser build orchestration into vite config and lage Moves loot-core worker build, public/ staging (migrations, default-db, sql-wasm, data-file-index), and build-stats wiring from the deleted packages/desktop-client/bin/build-browser shell script into a lootCoreBackend vite plugin in packages/desktop-client/vite.config.mts. Adds a build:browser target to lage.config.js so bin/package-browser runs as a single `lage build:browser --to=@actual-app/web` call, with crdt + loot-core built via lage's ^build dependency before the desktop-client build. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * Refactor e2e-test workflow and update desktop-client configurations * [AI] Move plugins-service staging into desktop-client vite config Declares plugins-service as a workspace devDependency of @actual-app/web so lage's ^build edge picks it up automatically in the build:browser pipeline, and moves the cross-package file staging (production copy + dev serving) into vite.config.mts, mirroring the lootCoreBackend pattern. Drops the plugins-service shell wrapper script and simplifies its package.json scripts to invoke vite build directly. Updates root start:browser to run plugins-service watch in parallel with the dev server instead of pre-building once. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * [AI] Sync tsconfig project references for plugins-service edge Follow-up to the plugins-service workspace edge: adds the ../plugins-service project reference in packages/desktop-client/tsconfig.json via yarn sync:tsconfig-references. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * Release notes * [AI] Ignore .venv/ so lage's git hasher skips Electron CI's Python venv Electron CI provisions a Python virtualenv at the repo root for setuptools. With browser builds now routed through lage, lage's git hash-object pass walks untracked-not-ignored files and fails on the venv's broken lib64 symlink ("fatal: Unable to hash .../.venv/lib64"). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * [AI] Bake Weblate translations back into VRT/e2e bundle build-web set download-translations: false and relied on bin/package-browser's ad-hoc git clone + git pull. That path is fragile inside the playwright container, so vite's import.meta.glob('/locale/*.json') frequently produced an empty languages map and the bundle shipped with no en.json. VRTs then rendered source-code English and diffed against snapshots authored from Weblate strings. Route translation provisioning back through actions/checkout (download-translations: true) in build-web and vrt-update-generate, and add --skip-translations to bin/package-browser (mirroring bin/package-electron) so the in-script git pull is bypassed when CI has already staged the locale dir. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * [AI] Skip translation cloning in build-web bundle for VRT determinism bin/package-browser used to unconditionally clone actualbudget/translations before vite ran, baking Weblate en.json into the build artifact. With the e2e-test pipeline now serving that artifact via serve-build.mjs, VRT screenshots ended up rendering Weblate strings — drifting from the snapshots, which were authored against source-code English (master VRTs ran on vite dev without a locale dir). Pass --skip-translations to bin/package-browser from build-web so the bundle ships with no locale chunks. download-translations stays 'false' across the e2e-test and vrt-update-generate workflows, matching the prior behavior. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Getting Started
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.
If you are interested in contributing, or want to know how development works, see our contributing document we would love to have you.
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Key Links
- Actual discord community.
- Actual Community Documentation
- Frequently asked questions
Installation
There are four ways to deploy Actual:
- One-click deployment via PikaPods (~1.40 $/month) - recommended for non-technical users
- Managed hosting via Fly.io (~1.50 $/month)
- Self-hosted by using a Docker image
- Local-only apps - downloadable Windows, Mac and Linux apps you can run on your device
Learn more in the installation instructions docs.
Ready to Start Budgeting?
Read about Envelope budgeting to know more about the idea behind Actual Budget.
Are you new to budgeting or want to start fresh?
Check out the community's Starting Fresh guide so you can quickly get up and running!
Are you migrating from other budgeting apps?
Check out the community's Migration guide to start jumping on the Actual Budget train!
Documentation
We have a wide range of documentation on how to use Actual, this is all available in our Community Documentation, this includes topics on Budgeting, Account Management, Tips & Tricks and some documentation for developers.
Contributing
Actual is a community driven product. Learn more about contributing to Actual.
Code structure
The Actual app is split up into a few packages:
- loot-core - The core application that runs on any platform
- desktop-client - The desktop UI
- desktop-electron - The desktop app
More information on the project structure is available in our community documentation.
Feature Requests
Current feature requests can be seen here. Vote for your favorite requests by reacting 👍 to the top comment of the request.
To add new feature requests, open a new Issue of the "Feature Request" type.
Translation
Make Actual Budget accessible to more people by helping with the Internationalization of Actual. We are using a crowd sourcing tool to manage the translations, see our Weblate Project. Weblate proudly supports open-source software projects through their Libre plan.
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Sponsors
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who make Actual Budget possible!
