Project Description:

The Expense Tracker is a web-based application that allows users to manage and monitor their daily, weekly, or monthly income and expenses in an organized way. Users can record transactions, categorize spending, visualize their financial habits, and stay within budget. This project is ideal for individual financial planning, small business expense management, or student budgeting.

Key Features:

User Roles:

• User (Individual): Registers, logs income/expenses, sets budgets, and views reports.

• Admin (Optional): Monitors overall usage, manages categories (in multi-user setups).

Modules & Functionality:

1. User Registration & Login

• Secure user authentication.

• Each user has a personal dashboard.

• Optional password recovery or social login integration.

2. Dashboard

• Overview of:

  • Total income vs total expenses

  • Current balance

  • Budget comparison

  • Expense category distribution chart

3. Add Income/Expense

• Simple form to add new transactions:

  • Title

  • Amount

  • Type (Income or Expense)

  • Category (Food, Rent, Utilities, Travel, etc.)

  • Date

  • Notes (optional)

• Transactions auto-classified into monthly reports.

4. Category Management

• Predefined categories like:

  •  Salary,  Shopping,  Food,  Travel,  Rent

• Admin or users can add/edit/delete custom categories.

5. Budget Setting

• Users can set monthly budgets per category.

• Real-time alerts when nearing/exceeding limits.

• Visual cues (green/yellow/red) for budget usage.

6. Reports & Visualization

• Graphs/charts to show:

  • Expense trends over time

  • Category-wise spending breakdown (Pie/Bar Chart)

  • Income vs Expense comparison

• Filters for daily, weekly, monthly, or custom date range.

7. Transaction History

• List of all transactions with options to:

  • Edit/Delete

  • Search/filter by category, date, or keyword

• Pagination for large datasets

8. Export & Backup

• Export reports to PDF or Excel.

• Backup data manually or auto-schedule to email.

Technology Stack:

 Backend (Choose One):

• PHP (Laravel/Core PHP)

• Java (Spring Boot)

• Node.js (Express.js)

 Frontend:

• HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 4/5

• JavaScript (with Chart.js or Google Charts for visuals)

• Optional React.js or Vue.js for dynamic UI

 Database:

• MySQL / PostgreSQL / MongoDB