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Follow the Money visitors

What?

Follow the Money is a Python App to store in a InfluxDB bucket information about my income and spending. The main purpose is to track, or how I say, follow the money, and control it.

Why?

I used Wave for a few years. A few weeks ago, I received an email from them that the service isn't going to be available anymore to signup customers outside of the US and Canada.

Still, my current account will be capable of using the service, but they don't know if that will change in the future.

I take my finance tracking seriously, and I understand this as key for my personal and economic development, so I don't want to depend on a decision that may is taken or not by 3rd parties.

So?

As part of my process to learn Python, I said, "Why don't you build an app to use and keep tracking money without depends on a 3rd party"?

The idea is basically to create an application to run from a Terminal (I love the Terminal) and ask for a few inputs and then store that data in a database, that DB, is, of course, InfluxDB that will help to graph my income and expenses, not only in a very cool way, but I will also capable to create it alerts to help me stay in budget.

Why InfluxDB?

I'm in love with Time Series Databases. I work for InfluxData, and lastly, why not?

Can I use this?

Of course, fork, adapt to your needs, and go ahead.

Thanks Wave

If somebody of Wave is reading this, I want to say, thank you. You created a great service for Small Business.