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TaxHacker

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · job-seeking in README is refreshing
https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker

Receipt OCR + expense categorization with LLM wrappers—solves a real problem (receipt hell) but the 'AI accountant' framing oversells what is fundamentally a document processing + metadata extraction tool.

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Signal: Receipt OCR is a genuine friction point; extraction + categorization + multi-currency conversion are useful features. Self-hosted + data privacy positioning is honest. Slop: 'AI accountant' overstates scope—this is document processing, not tax strategy or compliance. The custom LLM prompts feature is just prompt injection with UI. Science: Zero novel ML. Uses off-the-shelf LLM APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral) as dumb extractors. The real work (UI, database schema, currency logic) is com...

1702 stars TypeScript 2026-03-12 375 days old

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