Budget Tracker

About Budget Tracker

Budget Tracker is a simple and intuitive application designed to help users manage their personal finances. It allows users to track income, expenses, savings, and budgets in an organized and secure way.

Features

• Create and categorize budgets (e.g., Rent, Groceries, Entertainment).
• Track income through paychecks and other sources.
• Add line items for individual expenses or earnings.
• View summaries of actual vs. expected spending and income.
• Multi-user support with data isolation.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• PHP >= 8.0
• Composer
• MySQL or SQLite

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/budget-tracker.git
   cd budget-tracker

2. composer install
3. cp .env.example .env
4. php artisan key:generate
5. set your .env database variables
6. php artisan migrate
7. php artisan serve
8. Visit http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

Reset the database and run all migrations

php artisan migrate:fresh

Create your user account

php artisan app:create-user

Seed the database with sample data

php artisan db:seed