💰 Text-Based Finance Tracker

🌟 Overview

A comprehensive personal finance management application built with Python, providing intuitive tracking and visualization of financial transactions.

🛠 Tech Stack

📚 Key Libraries

• 📅 tkcalendar: Advanced date selection
• 🎨 ttkthemes: Enhanced UI theming
• 📊 Matplotlib: Data visualization
• 📁 JSON: Data storage and management
• 🕰️ datetime: Date and time handling

✨ Project Highlights

• 💸 Expense and Income Tracking
• 📈 Financial Data Visualization
• 🔍 Detailed Transaction Reporting
• 🖥️ User-Friendly GUI Interface
• 💾 Persistent Data Storage

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• pip package manager

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/itz-Hiru/Text-Based-Finance-Tracker.git

2. Install required dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Dependencies

Create a requirements.txt file with:

tkcalendar
ttkthemes
matplotlib

🔧 Project Setup

Running the Application

python text-based-finance-tracker.py

Configuration

Ensure you have the following directory structure:

finance_tracker/
│
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
└── text-based-finance-tracker.py

🌐 Features

• 📝 Add, Edit, Delete Transactions
• 📊 Generate Financial Reports
• 💹 Income vs Expense Visualization
• 📅 Date-based Filtering
• 💾 JSON-based Data Persistence

📊 Data Visualization Examples

The application provides:

• Pie charts for expense categorization
• Line graphs for income/expense trends
• Monthly financial summaries

🤝 How to Contribute

1. Fork the Project
2. Create Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/FinancialFeature)
3. Commit Changes (git commit -m 'Add new financial reporting')
4. Push to Branch (git push origin feature/FinancialFeature)
5. Open Pull Request

🛡️ Security Considerations

• Local JSON-based storage
• No cloud dependencies
• Minimal external data exposure

📧 Connect & Support

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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🌈 Empowering Personal Finance Management 💸