Spliit

Spliit is a free and open-source expense-splitting web application designed as a privacy-respecting alternative to Splitwise. It covers the full lifecycle of shared expenses within a group: recording who paid, how costs are divided, and who owes whom at any point. With no mandatory account creation for participants, no premium tier, and no advertising, Spliit is straightforward to adopt for any group that wants to track shared costs without sending their financial data to a third-party platform.

Common Use Cases

Housemates use Spliit to track rent contributions, utility bills, grocery runs, and shared household purchases — with automatic balance calculation showing the net position of each person at any point. Friend groups on holidays or weekend trips log transport, accommodation, and meal costs as they happen, then settle up at the end without manual spreadsheet calculations. Couples tracking joint expenses create a private group to monitor shared subscriptions, home costs, and discretionary spending, with a running balance that avoids the need for constant bank transfers. Clubs and small organisations use Spliit to manage reimbursements for members who front costs on behalf of the group. Remote teams splitting software subscriptions or co-working space costs use Spliit to maintain a transparent record of who has contributed and what remains outstanding.

Key Features

• No account required for participants: Groups are accessed via a shareable link — participants add and view expenses immediately without sign-up or email
• Automatic settlement calculation: Balances are computed after every expense, with Spliit suggesting the minimum number of transfers to settle the group
• Flexible expense splitting: Divide costs equally, by exact amounts, percentages, or custom shares to reflect real-world usage differences
• Receipt scanning: Use the camera to photograph a receipt and Spliit extracts the total automatically, reducing manual data entry
• Expense categories and search: Tag expenses and filter history by category, payer, or keyword to audit any transaction quickly
• Image attachments: Attach receipt photos directly to expense records for documentation and dispute resolution
• Reimbursement tracking: Record partial or full repayments and update balances in real time
• Progressive Web App: Installs on iOS and Android home screens and functions offline, matching the experience of a native app

Why deploy Spliit on Hostinger VPS

Self-hosting Spliit on a Hostinger VPS means your group's financial data — who paid what, for what, and when — stays on infrastructure you control. Splitwise and similar platforms retain transaction history indefinitely and use it to inform product decisions; a self-hosted Spliit instance has no such terms. The application pairs a lightweight Next.js frontend with a PostgreSQL database, both running efficiently on a modest VPS plan. Persistent volume storage ensures expense history survives container upgrades, and the one-click Hostinger deployment gets a fully working instance behind HTTPS in minutes — no configuration files to edit, no DNS to manage manually, just a shareable group link ready to use.