whisper-money/README.md

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Whisper Money

Whisper Money

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The most secure way to understand your finances.

Whisper Money is a privacy-first personal finance application that helps you track, categorize, and understand your spending—all while keeping your financial data encrypted and secure.

💬 Join our Community: Whether you're a user looking for help or a developer wanting to contribute, we'd love to have you in our Discord server! Share feedback, ask questions, discuss new features, or just hang out with fellow privacy enthusiasts.

Features

  • 🔐 End-to-end encryption — Your financial data stays private
  • 🏦 Bank account management — Track multiple accounts in one place
  • 📊 Transaction categorization — Automatic and manual categorization
  • 🤖 Automation rules — Set up rules to auto-categorize transactions
  • 📈 Financial insights — Understand your spending patterns

Tech Stack

  • Backend: Laravel 12, PHP 8.4
  • Frontend: React 19, Inertia.js v2, TypeScript
  • Styling: Tailwind CSS v4
  • Database: MySQL
  • Cache/Queue: Redis
  • Testing: Pest v4

Running Locally

Prerequisites

  • Docker & Docker Compose
  • Composer
  • Node.js / Bun

Setup

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/whisper-money/whisper-money.git
cd whisper_money
  1. Copy the environment file:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Start the Docker services:
docker compose up -d
  1. Install dependencies and setup the application:
composer setup
  1. Start the development server:
composer run dev

This will concurrently start:

  • PHP development server
  • Queue worker
  • Log viewer (Pail)
  • Vite dev server

The application will be available at https://whispermoney.test.

Running with Docker (Production Image)

For testing the production Docker image locally:

  1. Copy the production environment file:
cp .env.production.example .env
  1. Start the services:
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d

The application will be available at http://localhost:8080.

To use a different port, set APP_PORT:

APP_PORT=3000 docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d

Other Environment Variables

Variable Default Description
HIDE_AUTH_BUTTONS false Hide login/register buttons on landing page
SUBSCRIPTIONS_ENABLED false Enable Stripe subscriptions

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.