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Actual Budget vs Budget Board: catalog facts
Actual Budget	Budget Board
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. Third-party hosting such as PikaPods or Fly.io…	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Envelope budgeting done properly, not a spending report Local-first, so it works offline and stays fast with long history	Bank sync through SimpleFIN and LunchFlow Auto-categorisation with a locally trained model
Syncing between devices needs a server, which is a step most apps hide Automatic bank connections depend on your country and a third-party service	Automatic bank sync depends on third-party providers Requires hosting your own server
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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