Impause - Financial Responsibility App

Impause is a progressive web application designed to promote financial responsibility through visualized spending insights, impulse buying buffers, and accountability systems.

Features

1. Finance Wrapped – Weekly, Monthly, Yearly

Users receive personalized spending summaries in visually engaging formats:

• Weekly Wrap: Tracks quick spending spikes and small wins
• Monthly Wrap: Shows top merchants, category breakdowns, and goal progress
• Yearly Wrap: Reflects long-term changes, big saves, and habits over time

Each wrap includes:

• Charts + insights on where money went
• Spending score (how well you stuck to your plan)
• Shareable visual summary

2. Impulse Buying Buffer

When a non-essential transaction is initiated:

• The app activates a user-set timer (15 min, 1 hour, or 24 hours)
• During the wait, it displays:
  • The cost in hours of work
  • Current goal progress
  • Reflective prompts

Users can hit a "Proceed Anyway" button if they consciously choose to go ahead, which is logged for self-review and accountability.

3. Accountability Buddy System

Users can link up with a trusted friend to share key financial progress:

• Buddies get notified for:
  • Impulse buys (especially bypassed ones)
  • Weekly wrap summaries
  • Missed or hit budget goals

Tech Stack

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Chart.js
• Headless UI (for accessible components)
• Local Storage (for demo data)

Installation and Running

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16+ or Bun

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone [repository-url]
cd impause

# Install dependencies
bun install

Development

# Start the development server
bun run dev

Build

# Build for production
bun run build

License

MIT

Credits

Created as a demonstrative project for financial responsibility.