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**WYGIWYH** (_What You Get Is What You Have_) is a powerful, principles-first finance tracker designed for people who prefer a no-budget, straightforward approach to managing their money. With features like multi-currency support, customizable transactions, and a built-in dollar-cost averaging tracker, WYGIWYH helps you take control of your finances with simplicity and flexibility.
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## Why WYGIWYH?
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# Why WYGIWYH?
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Managing money can feel unnecessarily complex, but it doesn’t have to be. WYGIWYH (pronounced "wiggy-wih") is based on a simple principle:
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> Use what you earn this month for this month. Any savings are tracked but treated as untouchable for future months.
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Frustrated by the lack of comprehensive options, I set out to build **WYGIWYH** — an opinionated yet powerful tool that I believe will resonate with like-minded users.
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## Key Features
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# Key Features
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**WYGIWYH** offers an array of features designed to simplify and streamline your personal finance tracking:
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* **Built-in Dollar-Cost Average (DCA) tracker**: Essential for tracking recurring investments, especially for crypto and stocks.
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* **API support for automation**: Seamlessly integrate with existing services to synchronize transactions.
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## How To Use
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# How To Use
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To run this application, you'll need [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) with the [docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
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$ docker compose exec -it web python manage.py createsuperuser
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```
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## How it works
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# How it works
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## Models
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### Transactions
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Transactions are the core feature of WYGIWYH, representing expenses or income in your accounts. Each transaction consists of the following fields:
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#### Type
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- **Income**: A positive amount entering your account
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- **Expense**: A negative amount exiting your account
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#### Paid Status
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A transaction can be either:
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- **Current**: When marked as paid
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- **Projected**: When marked as unpaid
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#### Account
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The account associated with the transaction. Required, limited to one account per transaction.
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#### Entity
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The party involved in the transaction:
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- For **Income**: The paying entity
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- For **Expense**: The receiving entity
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Optional field.
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#### Date
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The date when the transaction occurred. Required.
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#### Reference Date
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One of **WYGIWYH**'s key features. The reference date determines which month a transaction should count towards. For example, you can have a transaction that occurred on January 26th count towards February's finances.
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Optional - defaults to the transaction date's month if not specified.
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> [!CAUTION]
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> While designed primarily for credit card closing dates, this feature allows for debt rolling across months. Use responsibly to maintain accurate financial tracking.
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#### Type
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- Income, meaning a positive amount (usually) entering your account
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- Expense, meaning a negative amount exiting your account
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#### Description
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The name or purpose of the transaction. Required.
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#### Amount
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The monetary value of the transaction. Required.
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#### Category
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The primary classification of the transaction. Optional.
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#### Tags
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Additional labels for transaction categorization. Optional.
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#### Notes
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Additional information about the transaction. Optional.
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### Installment Plan
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An Installment Plan is a helper model that generates a series of recurring transactions over a fixed period.
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#### Core Fields
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- **Account**: The account for all transactions in the plan. Required.
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- **Entity**: The paying or receiving party for all transactions. Optional.
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- **Description**: The name of the installment plan, used for all transactions. Required.
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- **Notes**: Additional information applied to all transactions. Optional.
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#### Installment Configuration
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- **Number of Installments**: Total number of transactions to create (e.g., 1/10, 2/10)
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- **Installment Start**: Initial counting point
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- **Start Date**: Date of the first transaction
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- **Reference Date**: Reference date for the first transaction
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- **Recurrence**: Frequency of transactions (e.g., Monthly)
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### Transaction Details
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- **Amount**: Value for each transaction. Required.
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- **Category**: Primary classification for all transactions. Optional.
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- **Tags**: Labels applied to all transactions. Optional.
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### Recurring Transaction
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A Recurring Transaction is a helper model that generates recurring transactions indefinitely or until a certain date.
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#### Core Fields
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- **Account**: The account for all transactions in the plan. Required.
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- **Entity**: The paying or receiving party for all transactions. Optional.
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- **Description**: The name of the recurring transaction, used for all transactions. Required.
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- **Notes**: Additional information applied to all transactions. Optional.
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#### Recurring Transaction Configuration
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- **Start Date**: Date of the first transaction. Required.
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- **Reference Date**: Reference date for the first transaction. Optional.
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- **Recurrence Type**: Frequency of transactions (e.g., Monthly). Required.
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- **Recurrence Interval**: The interval between transactions (e.g. every 1 month, every 2 weeks, etc.). Required.
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- **End date**: When new transactions should stop being created. Optional.
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#### Transaction Details
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- **Amount**: Value for each transaction. Required.
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- **Category**: Primary classification for all transactions. Optional.
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- **Tags**: Labels applied to all transactions. Optional.
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#### Other information
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- Recurring transactions are checked and created every midnight using Procrastinate.
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- **WYGIWYH** tries to keep at most **6** future transactions created at any time.
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- If you delete a recurring transaction it will not be recreated.
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- You can stop or pause a recurring transaction at any time on the config page (/recurring-trasanctions/)
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### Account
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### Account Groups
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TO-DO
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### Currency
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TO-DO
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### Exchange Rate
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TO-DO
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### Category
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### Tag
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### Entity
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### Rule
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TO-DO
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## Helper actions
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### Transfer
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A transfer happens when you move a monetary value from one account to another. This will create two transactions, one expense and one income with the values set by the user.
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Contrary to other finance trackers, due to our multi-currency support, **WYGIWYH**'s transfer system allows for non-zero transfers.
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### Balance (Account Reconciliation)
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A balance is a easy way of updating your accounts balance. It creates a transaction with the difference between the balance currently in **WYGIWYH** and the new balance informed by you.
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This can be useful for savings accounts or other interest accruing investments.
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## Views
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### Monthly
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TO-DO
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### Yearly by currency
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TO-DO
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### Yearly by account
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TO-DO
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### Calendar
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TO-DO
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### Networh
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#### Current
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TO-DO
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#### Projected
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TO-DO
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### All Transactions
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TO-DO
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### Configuration and Management
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TO-DO
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## Tools
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### Calculator
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The calculator is a floating widget that can be toggled by clicking the calculator icon on the navbar.
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It allows for any math expression supported by [math.js](https://mathjs.org).
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### Dollar Cost Average Tracker
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The DCA Tracker can be accessed from the navbar's **Tools** menu.
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It allows for tracking DCA strategies and getting helpful information and insights.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Currently DCA exists separately from your main transactions. You will need to add your entries manually.
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<img src=".github/img/readme_dca_1.png" width="45%"></img> <img src=".github/img/readme_dca_2.png" width="45%"></img>
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### Unit Price Calculator
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The Unit Price Calculator can be accessed from the navbar's **Tools** menu.
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This is a self-contained tool for comparing and finding the most cost-efficient item quickly and easily.
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Input the price and the amount of each item, the cheapeast will be highlighted in green, and the most expensive in red.
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You can add additional items by clicking the _Add_ button at the end of the page.
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> [!NOTE]
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> This doesn't do unit convertion. The amount of all items needs to be on the same the unit for proper functioning.
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### Currency Converter
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TO-DO
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# Built with
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WYGIWYH is possible thanks to a lot of amazing open source tools, to name a few:
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- Django
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- HTMX
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- _hyperscript
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- Procrastinate
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- Bootstrap
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- Tailwind
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- Webpack
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