Hey everyone,
I recently put together a small personal finance app called Budget Buddy. It’s not the most polished thing out there, and I’m sure there are better tools available, but I wanted to try my hand at building something to help track expenses, budgets, and savings. I’m still learning to code, so this was a big project for me to figure out.
It’s pretty straightforward and has a few basic features:
- A dashboard to see your spending overview
- Transaction tracking with categories
- Budget planning with progress bars
- Savings goals to work toward
- A bills tracker to keep up with due dates
I built it using Next.js, TypeScript, and SQLite, keeping all the data stored locally for privacy. If you’re curious, you can check out a preview with sample data here: budget-buddy-vox.vercel.app. It’s got some rough edges, but I’m happy I managed to get it working on my own.
I’m sharing it for $20 in case anyone finds it useful for their budgeting needs: get it here
I'm just going to put it out there. I’d really appreciate any feedback or tips since I’m still learning the ropes.
Top comments (5)
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Made by VoxDroida link to your portfolio or twitter accountThis looks better than most the budgeting apps out there - great job! 🔥
Just a note - the chart seems to be overlapping the categories on the dashboard:
In my default browsing window size (1406x739):
slightly smaller (just before the breakpoint):
This is pretty good looking! I like that you included a dark mode option, and the settings section seems comprehensive.
Good luck with it on ko-fi.
Love that you shipped this with Next.js and kept everything local for privacy, that's a solid move. What was the hardest part for you building your first full app?