๐ถ Always look on the bright side of your finance ๐ถ
Brightside budget is my personal python library to manage my finance.
The data is stored in CSV files, and the library offers a Journal class. The Journal class encompasses a collection of accounts, postings, balance assertions and budget targets, along with various methods to manipulate these objects. Additionally, the library provides essential functionalities for importing, exporting and deduplicating data.
I use CSV files because they are straightforward to work with in Excel and are easy to version control with Git.
My workflow includes:
- Importing bank transactions into the journal
- Exporting the journal postings with added metadata to a CSV file
- Linking the CSV file in Excel for analysis