Introduction
Budgetzilla is a local-first finance tool built for people who want to track money without being the product. It’s built for speed, privacy, and full control over financial data.
Why Budgetzilla?
Section titled “Why Budgetzilla?”🛡️ Privacy by Design
Section titled “🛡️ Privacy by Design”Most budgeting apps require data to be stored on remote servers. Budgetzilla does not. Financial data stays on the device.
- Total Control: Data is stored in the browser’s private storage (OPFS) via SQLite.
- Offline First: Works without an internet connection.
- Private AI: Uses Gemma 4 to scan receipts directly on the GPU. No cloud APIs, no data harvesting.
⚡ Modern Speed
Section titled “⚡ Modern Speed”- React 18 + SQLite WASM = Instant responsiveness.
- Tauri = Native performance with a sleek web UI.
💎 Main Features
Section titled “💎 Main Features”- Receipt Scanner — Snap a photo and let the AI extract amount, merchant, and date.
- Transactions — Full control over categorization and powerful search.
- Dashboard — Detailed insights with clean, Apple-inspired charts.
- Drive Sync — Securely backup to a personal Google Drive.
🏗️ Who is this for?
Section titled “🏗️ Who is this for?”- Privacy Advocates: People who prefer not to share bank statements with third-party servers.
- Developers: Anyone who appreciates a well-built, local-first architecture.
- Efficiency Ninjas: Users who want keyboard-driven navigation (
Cmd+K,N) and instant load times.
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