https://www.liu.center/tags/open-source/Recent content in Open Source on Tech Zen DenHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 22 Nov 2024 09:35:26 -0800https://www.liu.center/posts/an-introduction-to-actual-budget/Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:35:26 -0800https://www.liu.center/posts/an-introduction-to-actual-budget/ <blockquote> <p><strong>Actual Budget Series Navigation:</strong></p> <ol> <li><strong>Part 1: Overview &amp; Philosophy</strong> (You are here)</li> <li><a href="https://www.liu.center/posts/actual-budget-installation-explained/">Part 2: Installation &amp; Server Deployment Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.liu.center/posts/actual-budget-101/">Part 3: Daily Budgeting Workflow &amp; Account Management</a></li> </ol> </blockquote> <p>Managing personal finances shouldn't require paying $100+/year for commercial SaaS budgeting apps or surrendering your sensitive financial transactions to cloud providers.</p> <p><strong>Actual Budget</strong> is a super-fast, privacy-first, 100% open-source personal finance application built on the <strong>envelope (zero-based) budgeting method</strong>. Every dollar is assigned a job before you spend it. Unlike proprietary alternatives like YNAB, Actual Budget stores your data locally first and lets you sync securely across all your devices using your own self-hosted server.</p>