A headless CLI for Actual Budget — no server required. Import transactions, manage your budget, and automate your finances from the terminal or through an AI agent.
1. Install the CLI
npm install -g fscl
2. Set up your first budget
fscl init
If you run setup via npx fscl init, fscl prompts to install itself globally (npm install -g fscl) so fscl is available on your PATH afterward.
At the end of interactive setup, fscl offers to install the agent skill by running:
npx skills add fiscal-sh/fscl
If you skip it, run that command anytime.
3. Talk to your agent in plain language
FAQs
Headless CLI for Actual Budget
We found that fscl demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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