isabella232 / mintdb

Do lightweight ad-hoc analysis of your personal finances with a simple docker-based mysql database created from a mint.com transaction export.

MintDB

Do lightweight ad-hoc analysis of your personal finances with a simple docker-based mysql database created from a mint.com transaction export.

This is not intended to be a place to store your accounts long-term; each import will overwrite everything that's in the database. It's good for figuring out how the heck you spent every last penny that came in the door last month.

Prerequisites

You'll need docker, perl, and make, and of course some familiarity with SQL.

Usage

Export a bunch of transactions as CSV at mint.com, make sure they're in a file named transactions.csv.

Stick that file in the MintDB directory.

In the MintDB directory, run make. That will:

• Transform the data in transactions.csv into SQL inserts in a file named account.sql.
• Create a docker container running a mysql server.
• Load account.sql into a table named account in the database budget. The database is stored in ./data.
• Create a second docker container running a mysql client, connected to the mysql server.

You'll have a mysql shell running. Query away.