FOSS/self hosted preferred, but open to anything!

  • Hobble_bobble@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    1 year ago

    Actual Budget is very good. I’m self hosting but you can host with pikapods or other public services and be up and running very quickly.

    It’s YNAB -esque in implementation.

    • glarf@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      What’s the general level of toil in keeping this software up-to-date? I’m hoping I can get a drop in replacement more or less.

      • Hobble_bobble@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Mine is deployed on home assistant.

        I get an update once a month, I can ignore it. The update process is completely automatic and only takes a couple of minutes.

        The UI includes a one button export of all your budget data so it’s incredibly easy to back up your budget for peace of mind before an update.

    • thanksALatte@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      11 months ago

      The easy to deploy with pikapods seems tempting and really cheap. I may try it

      I moved to doing it on my own on Google Sheets (with the envelope system and all) because as convenient as Actual Budget was at the time* I found it lacking in graphs and reports, which I find more important. My Google Sheet, though has more upkeep, I can query and make almost any kind of report or graph I need.

      What’s the reporting/graphs like now?


      *I even paid for a few months to trial it and I think the mobile app as well… I think. I remember entering something on my phone with Actual Budget

      • Hobble_bobble@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        They’ve simplified the use of it in a way. Effectively just a website but reactive so access on a phone is simplified.

        On the graphs and reports. There’s been a lot of work in the last two months, there was a limiting factor in the original choice in graphing library, but I’ve seen a Sankey graph, which seemed interesting. But more importantly there is a “custom reporting” which will probably not be as flexible as hand rolling your own Google sheet, but does give you a lot of control.

        You can test out the demo budget :https://demo.actualbudget.org

        And if you go into settings >advanced> experimental features, you can enable the in progress custom reports…

        • thanksALatte@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          11 months ago

          oooh okay. That is much better than before from what I’ve tried. And a bunch more graphs. I made it crash though by selecting it. And I do miss the interface and just the ease of things. Thanks gonna try it out when I can.