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I used the official Actual Budget GitHub repo to grab their install guidance and the docker-compose example, which made the setup pretty painless. It’s the source of truth for what image to run and what port mappings to expect, so I always start there before I wire it into my reverse proxy.
You'll be taken to Github to complete your purchase.
Pros
- +Official install docs and docker-compose example to copy
- +Makes it easy to confirm default port (5006) and basic config
- +Good starting point before customizing for your own homelab
Cons
- -You may still need to tweak environment variables depending on your setup
- -Doesn’t automatically handle your reverse proxy/TLS—your homelab has to provide that
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