MonTra

MonTra is a simple yet efficient CLI-Based Finance Tracker based on Python. Easily track your incomes and expenses with just a few commands.

Features

• Intuitive and easy command structure.
• Command Line Interface for high performance with low power consumption.
• Data Visualisation of your incomes and expenses.
• Uses Python's powerful data analysis and visualisation libraries.
• Uses CSV files for facilitating data manipulation and data storage.
• Platform Independent.
• Free and Open Source Software.
• Lightweight.

Python Libraries Used

The following Python Libraries(external) are used in MonTra -

• Pandas - to carry out major data manipulation tasks. Install Pandas - pip install pandas
• NumPy - to carry out basic data manipulation tasks. Install NumPy - pip install NumPy
• Matplotlib - for data visualisation. Install Matplotib - pip install matplotlib
• Tabulate - to render DataFrame in MySQL table format. Install Tabulate - pip install tabulate

List of Commands

Note

• Commands are same for both the editions - Household and Enterprise.
• MonTra commands are case-sensitive, be careful while typing any commands.

Command Structure	Usage	Example
table_name : Month : Category = amount	entering the value	income : Apr : Sales = 101
table_name : Month : Category + amount	editing the value by adding	income : Apr : Sales + 101
table_name : Month : Category - amount	editing the value by subtracting	income : Apr : Sales - 101
table_name : Month : Category * amount	editing the value by multiplying	income : Apr : Sales * 101
table_name : Month : Category / amount	editing the value by dividing	income : Apr : Sales / 101

WARNING

• month and category should be capitalised as shown in the example above and separation from spaces and colon is required.
• use the amount editing/updating commands only if there is some value existing in a given month and category, do not use it on NaN.

Commands	Function
new session	Creates a new session by resetting all data
avg tables	Shows the annual average of all incomes and expenses
avg income plot	Plots annual average of all incomes
avg expense plot	Plots annual average of all expenses
plot	Observe the trends of income and/or expense categories
help	Shows this help
show	Shows the Income and Expense Tables
save	Saves the changes in Income and Expense tables
exit	Asks to save the changes in Income and Expense tables and exits MonTra
credits	Shows the name of the developers

License

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

Version

1.0.0