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Analysis updated 2026-05-18

2Audience · generalComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TL;DR

Vellum is a gesture-driven Android expense tracker with a circular balance indicator, monthly analytics, and a scrollable home screen widget.

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  root((Vellum Expense Tracker))
    What it does
      Circular balance view
      Monthly analytics
      Scrollable widget
    Tech stack
      Android
      Jetpack Glance
      Material You
    Use cases
      Check balance at a glance
      Compare monthly spending
      Browse expenses from widget
    Audience
      Android users
      Budget trackers

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Check available balance at a glance from a circular progress indicator on the home screen.

REASON 2

Compare current month spending against your all-time balance using monthly filtering.

REASON 3

Scroll through this month's expenses directly from a home screen widget without opening the app.

What's in the stack?

AndroidJetpack GlanceMaterial You

How it stacks up

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Stars222
LanguagePythonPython
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencegeneralgeneralresearcher

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Currently a beta release (version 26.0.1) for Android.

Wtf does this do

Vellum is a personal finance app for Android built around a clean, gesture based interface that is meant to make checking your spending feel fast and pleasant rather than like a chore. The main screen centers on a circular progress indicator that shows your available balance at a glance, so you can immediately see how much of your money is left to spend. The app includes a tracker screen with what it calls analytical lines and monthly filtering, which separates your all time balance from what you have spent so far in the current month, giving a clearer picture of short term spending habits versus your overall financial position. Navigation uses a minimal, icon only floating bar that sits above the rest of the interface to keep more of the screen available for content. One of the more distinct features is a home screen widget, built with Jetpack Glance, that lets you scroll through every expense from the current month without opening the app itself. The widget can be small, showing just your balance, or expanded into a fuller dashboard view. The app also supports Material You theming, meaning its colors can adapt to match your phone's wallpaper, and it offers a few custom app icon styles to choose from. According to the README, the interface design was created by one contributor while the underlying engineering, including data storage and monthly filtering logic, was built by another. The project is currently at version 26.0.1 and described as a beta release. This is a small personal finance tracking app for Android users who want a visually polished, at a glance way to watch their spending, and it currently has 2 stars. No programming language is listed for the repository.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how the monthly filtering and analytical lines in Vellum separate current spending from all-time balance.
Prompt 2
Help me build a similar Jetpack Glance widget that scrolls through recent expenses.
Prompt 3
Walk me through how Material You theming could be added to an Android finance app like this.
Prompt 4
Summarize the key features of Vellum for someone comparing Android expense trackers.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is vellum-expense-tracker?

Vellum is a gesture-driven Android expense tracker with a circular balance indicator, monthly analytics, and a scrollable home screen widget.

How hard is vellum-expense-tracker to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is vellum-expense-tracker for?

Mainly general.

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