Simple Splitwise Clone

Welcome to Simple Splitwise Clone! This project is a streamlined version of Splitwise, a popular app that helps users track bills and expenses with friends. It's perfect for anyone looking to understand the basics of expense sharing and debt simplification.

Features

• User Management: Sign up, log in, and manage your profile easily.
• Expense Sharing: Add your expenses and share them with friends or groups.
• Debt Simplification: Automatically calculates and simplifies debts among users, making it easier to settle up.

Setup & Installation

To get started with the Simple Splitwise Clone, follow these steps to set up your environment:

# Clone this repository
git clone <repo-url>
cd simple_splitwise_clone

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate the virtual environment
# On Windows
venv\Scripts\activate
# On Unix or MacOS
source venv/bin/activate

# Install the required dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the App

Once the installation is complete, you can run the application using:

python main.py

Viewing the App

After starting the app, you can view it in your web browser by navigating to:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

Enjoy managing your expenses and debts with ease!

Sources

This project has been inspired and supported by various sources:

• User management functionality is adapted from Tech With Tim's Flask Web App Tutorial.
• The debt simplification algorithm is based on Shivashish1010's Simplify Debts Python script.

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.