Personal Expense Management and Financial Analytics

This is a full-stack personal expense management and financial analytics application. It consists of:

• Backend: Built with Django REST Framework, providing user authentication, expense tracking, receipt OCR processing, financial forecasting, budget optimization, and personalized recommendations.
• Frontend: A React web application that interacts with the backend API to provide a user-friendly interface for managing expenses and viewing financial insights.

Features

Backend

• User registration, login, profile, and password management with JWT authentication
• CRUD operations for expenses and recurring expenses
• Receipt image and text upload with OCR to extract expense data automatically
• Financial analytics including spending trends, forecasts, alerts, and budget optimization
• Personalized recommendations for smarter financial decisions

Frontend

• User interface for managing expenses and profiles
• Upload receipts and view parsed expense details
• Visualize spending trends, category analytics, and forecasts
• Display alerts and budget optimization suggestions

Technology Stack

• Backend: Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL/SQLite, Tesseract OCR, Facebook Prophet, Pandas
• Frontend: React
• Authentication: JWT tokens for secure communication between frontend and backend

Getting Started

Backend Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/KrithikaHS/FINSIGHT_AI.git
   

2. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd finsight_ai
   

3. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   venv\Scripts\activate       
   

4. Install backend dependencies

5. Apply database migrations:

   python manage.py migrate
   

6. Run the backend server:

   python manage.py runserver
   

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd finsight-ai-frontend
   

2. Install frontend dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Start the frontend development server:

   npm start
   

Usage

• Register and login through the frontend interface.
• Add expenses manually or by uploading receipts.
• View analytics dashboards and personalized recommendations.
• Manage budgets and receive alerts for better financial control.