---
title: "Deploy Actual Budget"
description: "Local-first personal finance and envelope budgeting app"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/actual-budget-2
---

# Deploy Actual Budget

Local-first personal finance and envelope budgeting app

**[Deploy Actual Budget on Railway](https://railway.com/template/actual-budget-2)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/actual-budget-2/manifest.json

- **Creator:** zer0person's Projects
- **Category:** Other
- **Total deploys:** 1

## Template content

### Actual Budget

- **Image:** actualbudget/actual-server:latest
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Actual Budget on Railway

[Actual Budget](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual) is a local-first personal finance app based on envelope budgeting, with sync across devices, reports, rules and optional bank sync.

## About Hosting Actual Budget

This template runs the official `actualbudget/actual-server:latest` image with a persistent volume at `/data` that holds the server account and synced budget files. On first visit set a server password (this protects your instance; do it right away), then create or import a budget. Your budget data syncs between browsers and devices through this server.

## Common Use Cases

- Envelope budgeting synced across your devices
- Import from YNAB or bank exports and track spending
- A private alternative to hosted budgeting apps

## Dependencies for Actual Budget Hosting

- One service with a volume; no external database

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Actual on GitHub](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual)
- [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/actualbudget/actual-server)

## Why Deploy Actual Budget on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL, a persistent volume and automatic restarts with no server to maintain. Set the server password on first visit and the instance is ready.


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