Expense Tracker

A full-stack web application to manage personal finances by adding, editing, deleting, and categorizing expenses. The app provides an overview of balance and date-wise expense tracking with a clean and responsive UI.

🚀 Features 🔐 Authentication – User login/register with JWT-based security ➕ Add / Edit / Delete expenses 📂 Categorize expenses (Food, Travel, Shopping, etc.) 📅 Date-wise tracking of expenses 💾 Persistent storage with MongoDB 🎨 Responsive UI/UX built with React + TailwindCSS

🛠️ Tech Stack Frontend: React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS Backend: Node.js, Express.js Database: MongoDB (Mongoose) Auth: JWT (JSON Web Tokens) Deployment: [Vercel / Render / Heroku]

⚡ Getting Started 1️⃣ Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/your-username/expense-tracker.git cd expense-tracker

2️⃣ Install dependencies npm install

3️⃣ Setup environment variables

Create a .env file in the root and add:

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

4️⃣ Run the app npm run dev

Frontend: http://localhost:5173 Backend: http://localhost:3000

📦 Folder Structure expense-tracker/ ├── client/ # React frontend ├── server/ # Express backend ├── models/ # MongoDB schemas ├── routes/ # API routes ├── controllers/ # Request handlers └── README.md

📚 Future Improvements 📈 Expense analytics with charts (monthly/yearly trends) 📤 Export reports (CSV/PDF) 🌙 Dark mode support 🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repo and submit a PR.

🧑 Author Aditya Dewan

GitHub: adityadewan22-hub