Smart Expense Tracker 🚀

Clean Python CLI app for tracking expenses with budget alerts + charts.

✨ Features

• ✅ Add expenses (Food/Auto/Gold/Bills/Travel/Shopping)
• ✅ Budget alerts (₹50k limit + y/n confirmation)
• ✅ Category reports with totals
• ✅ Matplotlib charts → expenses.png export
• ✅ CSV storage (Excel compatible)
• ✅ Full input validation & error handling

📸 Demo

=== Smart Expense Tracker ===

Add Expense 2. Report 3. Chart 4. Exit Choose: 1

=== Add Expense === Amount (₹): 1250 ⚠️ Warning: ₹2,350 over budget! Continue anyway? (y/n): y Categories: Food, Auto, Gold, Bills, Travel, Shopping Category: Food Note: Grocery shopping ✅ Expense added.

Sample Report: 💰 Total: ₹42,350.00 By Category: Food: ₹12,500.00 Bills: ₹25,000.00 Travel: ₹4,850.00

🚀 Quick Start

pip install matplotlib
python expense_tracker.py
🛠 Dependencies

matplotlib>=3.5.0
💾 CSV Format

2026-01-14,Food,1250.00,"Grocery shopping"
2026-01-14,Bills,2500.00,"Electricity"
🎯 Skills Demonstrated
CLI Architecture

CSV File I/O + Error Recovery

Input Validation

Matplotlib Visualization

Budget Logic

Production-grade Error Handling

Production-ready portfolio project | Jan 2026 | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala



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