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ClearBudget — Budget and Cash-Flow Tracker

A budget tracker you run on your own computer, set up for a small business — categories, a tax reserve, and a bank CSV import routine included.

$49 on CodesterBoot test: HTTP 200, real app servedData stays on your machine

First run

The packaged server, booted locally during packaging and opened in a browser. The first screen asks the buyer to set a server password — that is the whole setup.

The budget view

One month on one screen: what you planned per category, what you spent, what is left. Opened here with the app's own built-in demo data.

Budget view with the app's built-in sample data (personal categories). The small-business categories — payroll, running costs, tax reserve — ship in the package as a CSV template and setup guide, added to the buyer's own budget file.

Installed and booted during packaging

Real lines from the packaging boot test: the pinned server image pulled, the container started, migrations ran, and a browser request answered with HTTP 200.

=== ClearBudget boot test - Thu Nov 12 16:13:21 UTC 2026 ===
Image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:26.11.0
=== curl test ===
HTTP 200 bytes 2578
=== teardown ===
Migrations: DONE
Listening on :::5006...
2026-11-12T16:15:00.697Z info: GET 200 /account/account/needs-bootstrap
2026-11-12T16:16:08.161Z info: GET 200 /account/account/needs-bootstrap
2026-11-12T16:16:22.959Z info: GET 200 /account/account/needs-bootstrap

What it does

Budget by category, by month — planned vs spent vs left over in one ledger-style view
Small-business starter template included: income, payroll, running costs, selling costs, and a tax reserve category for quarterly estimated tax
Import transactions from a bank CSV file — column mapping and date-format checks explained in a plain guide
Runs on your own computer with Docker; your data sits in a local folder you back up yourself; no subscription
Monthly routine guide included: reconcile, review budget vs actual, roll over, back up
Honest scope: no invoicing, no payroll processing, no automatic bank sync promised