Is payme still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today.

Some track record. 388 stars, 10 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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How to install on macOS

cachebag/payme

Personal finance tracking application.

Node.jsVite

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today.
Can I trust it?: Some track record388 stars, 10 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 388
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 7 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Node.js.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Heads-upIt also needs 4 settings in .env (1 secret).

Launch script in the repo

The maintainers included run.sh. Run it from the cloned folder after reading it.

bash run.sh

4 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

1
Clone the repository
Needs Git: xcode-select --install
```
git clone https://github.com/cachebag/payme.git
cd payme
```

Install the required runtimes

Node.js LTS (no version pinned)

# needs nvm: brew install nvm (or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
nvm install --lts

3
Configure environment variables
Fill in secrets: JWT_SECRET
```
cp .env.example .env
```
4
Install dependencies
```
npm install
```

From the README: Setup

Backend

cd backend
cargo build --release

Environment variables: See .env.example for all available variables.

DATABASE_URL=sqlite:payme.db?mode=rwc
JWT_SECRET=some-random-string
PAYME_BIND=127.0.0.1:3001
PAYME_STATIC_DIR=frontend/dist

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