Spend Share 💰🤑

Spend Share is designed to streamline expense tracking within groups. It enables users to create groups, record transactions, and manage shared costs efficiently. Key features include user authentication for secure access, group creation and management, transaction recording with detailed descriptions, and comprehensive expense reports. With intuitive navigation and robust functionality, the Group Expenses Tracker simplifies group financial management, making it easier for users to track expenses and settle balances effortlessly.

Features ✨

• User Authentication: Secure access through Clerk authentication 🔒.
• Group Management: Create, manage, and join groups 👥.
• Expense Tracking: Record transactions with detailed descriptions 📑.
• Reports: Generate comprehensive expense reports 📊.
• Responsive Design: Intuitive navigation and robust functionality across devices 📱💻.

Table of Contents 📚

• Installation
• Environment Variables
• Usage
• Components
• API Endpoints
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License
• Acknowledgments

Installation 🚀

To get started with The Spend Share, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/krishkalaria12/spend-share.git
   cd spend-share

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables:

   NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_clerk_publishable_key
   CLERK_SECRET_KEY=your_clerk_secret_key
   NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_URL=/sign-in
   NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_URL=/sign-up
   WEBHOOK_SECRET=your_webhook_secret
   MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_url
   UPLOADTHING_SECRET=your_uploadthing_secret
   UPLOADTHING_APP_ID=your_uploadthing_app_id

4. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

   Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Environment Variables 🌐

• NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: Your Clerk publishable key for authentication.
• CLERK_SECRET_KEY: Your Clerk secret key for authentication.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_URL: The URL for the sign-in page.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_URL: The URL for the sign-up page.
• WEBHOOK_SECRET: Secret for securing webhooks.
• MONGODB_URL: Connection string for your MongoDB database.
• UPLOADTHING_SECRET: Secret for the upload service.
• UPLOADTHING_APP_ID: App ID for the upload service.

Usage 📖

User Authentication 🔑

The application uses Clerk for user authentication. Users can sign up and sign in to access the application. Ensure that you have set up the Clerk publishable and secret keys in the environment variables.

Group Management 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Users can create and manage groups. Each group can have multiple members, and users can invite others to join their group.

Expense Tracking 💸

Within each group, users can record expenses. Each transaction includes a title, description, amount, and category. Users can also mark transactions as paid.

Reports 📈

Generate detailed reports to see the breakdown of expenses by category and user. This helps in understanding the spending patterns and settling balances.

Deployment 🚢

To deploy the application, follow these steps:

1. Build the application:

   npm run build

2. Start the server:

   npm run start

3. Deploy to Vercel:

   You can deploy this application to Vercel with one click:

   

4. Deploy to Heroku:

   Alternatively, you can deploy to Heroku:

   heroku create
   git push heroku main
   heroku config:set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_clerk_publishable_key
   heroku config:set CLERK_SECRET_KEY=your_clerk_secret_key
   heroku config:set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_URL=/sign-in
   heroku config:set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_URL=/sign-up
   heroku config:set WEBHOOK_SECRET=your_webhook_secret
   heroku config:set MONGODB_URL=your_mongodb_url
   heroku config:set UPLOADTHING_SECRET=your_uploadthing_secret
   heroku config:set UPLOADTHING_APP_ID=your_uploadthing_app_id

   Open https://your-app-name.herokuapp.com with your browser to see the result.

Contributing 🤝

We welcome contributions! Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.

License 📜

This project is licensed under the MIT License

Acknowledgments 🙌

• Thanks to the Clerk team for providing authentication solutions.
• Thanks to Next.js for the powerful framework.
• Thanks to MongoDB for the database solution.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance. Enjoy using The Spend Share! 🎉