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100% FREE / open source / PRIVATE cryptocurrency portfolio tracker. Email / text / Alexa /
Telegram price alerts, price charts, mining calculators, leverage / gain / loss / balance stats,
news feeds + more. Privately track Bitcoin / Ethereum / unlimited cryptocurrencies.
Customize as many assets / markets / alerts / charts as you want.
Web server setup / install is available for $30 hourly if needed (see 'Manual Install' section
for managed hosting, or try the auto-install bash script for self-hosted). PM me on Twitter /
Skype @ taoteh1221, or get a hold of me using the below-listed contact methods.
Discord: https://discord.gg/WZVK2nm
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/Oo2XZRS2HsOXSMGejgSO0A
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taoteh1221
Bitcoin: 3Nw6cvSgnLEFmQ1V4e8RSBG23G7pDjF3hW
Ethereum: 0x644343e8D0A4cF33eee3E54fE5d5B8BFD0285EF8
Helium: 13xs559435FGkh39qD9kXasaAnB8JRF8KowqPeUmKHWU46VYG1h
Solana: GvX4AU4V9atTBof9dT9oBnLPmPiz3mhoXBdqcxyRuQnU
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dragonfrugal
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/dragonfrugal
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FEATURES
-ALWAYS will remain 100% FREE F.O.S.S. software (no need to register and pay premium
access fees).
-PRIVATELY connects DIRECTLY to APIs / servers for data and comms (no "phoning
home" to a middleman server), with optional proxy support for API connections.
-Automated and user-friendly installation / upgrade script for Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi app
setup on your home / internal network or website.
-Support for over 40 exchanges (including DeFi), and over 80 market pairings (country fiat
currency or secondary crypto).
-Secure HTTPS (SSL), username / password protection, and privacy mode in the portfolio
interface, for privacy and security.
-Admin interface, to allow easily viewing / changing the app configuration (alerts / charts /
markets / API / backups / logs / etc).
-Cryptocurrency portfolio subtotal summaries, and total portfolio worth (in crypto and your
local primary currency), including value gain / loss data (with tracking support for long /
short margin leverages), portfolio balance data, and marketcap data.
-Price change alerts by email / text / Alexa / Telegram (configurable alert parameters
available).
-Add / edit / delete your own portfolio assets list, with your favorite exchanges / market
pairings.
-Add / edit / delete your own price alerts and price charts for assets / exchanges / market
pairings (supports multiple exchanges / market pairings per asset).
-Import / export your portfolio in CSV (spreadsheet) file format.
-A news page with over 70 different cryptocurrency-related RSS feeds to select from,
including company and organization blogs / news sites / podcasts / youtube channels / reddit
and stackexchange forums, with ability to add / remove feeds in the app configuration.
-Newly added news feed posts, chart data backup archives, and app error / debugging logs
sent to your email.
-External resources page, includes links to marketcap stats sites / news sites / wallets /
exchanges / block explorers / developer resources / newsletters / podcasts / social media / etc.
-Detailed price charts (base values in crypto and your local primary currency), with spot price
/ 24 hour volume, zooming, and crosshair hovering.
-Crypto tools (QR code generator, altcoin trade preview / marketcap calculator in BTC and
your local primary currency, etc).
-Mining calculators, to determine coin mining profitability (in crypto and your local primary
currency, includes electricity costs and pool fees).
-Help page in easy-to-use FAQ format, for common issues (with support / contact links if you
need additional assistance).
-System stats in the interface and debug logs (uptime / load averages / temperature / free disk
space / used system memory / portfolio cache size, if available on your device).
-Plugin system, to use built-in / your own custom plugins for additional features.
-Secure webhook capability, allowing other external apps to communicate in real-time safely
(separate keys per service, without giving away the master webhook key).
-Internal restful API built-in, to allow other external apps to query real-time market data in
over 80 country fiat currencies / secondary crypto pairings (raw data also available).
-Option to use proxies for external API requests, and SMTP authentication for email sending.
-Detailed error logging and debugging (with adjustable verbosity / debug modes), to assist
with troubleshooting / installation / configuration of the app.
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INSTALLATION AND SETUP
Recommended MINIMUM system specs: 1 Gigahertz CPU / 512 Megabytes RAM / HIGH
QUALITY 32 Gigabyte MicroSD card (running Nginx or Apache headless with PHP v7.2+)
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Automatic Setup For Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi, On Home / Internal Network (THE
RECOMMENDED WAY TO PRIVATELY / CHEAPLY USE THIS APP)...
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Follow the prompts. This automated script gives you the options to: install / uninstall a PHP
web server automatically, download / install / configure / uninstall the latest version of the
Open Crypto Tracker app automatically, setup a cron job automatically (for price alerts /
price charts), and setup SSH (to update / install web site files remotely to the web server via
SFTP) automatically.
When the auto-install is completed, it will display addresses / logins to access the app (write
these down / save them for future use).
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Manual Installation:
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Just upload this app's files to your PHP-based web server (with an FTP client like FileZilla)
and you should be all set, unless your host is a strict setup related to file writing permissions,
in which case the 'cache' directory permissions should be set to '777' chmod on unix / linux
systems (or 'readable / writable' on windows systems).
Your web host must have CURL modules activated on your HTTP server. Most web hosting
companies provide this "out-of-the-box" already. This app will detect whether or not CURL
is setup on your website server (and also alert you to any other missing required system
components / configurations).
WINDOWS 10 USERS WHO ARE USING XAMPP WILL NEED TO ENABLE GD FOR
PHP (FOR THE ADMIN LOGIN CAPTCHA SECURITY) BEFORE USING THIS APP.
PLEASE SEE THE SCREENSHOT LOCATED AT /DOCUMENTATION-ETC/XAMPP-
ENABLE-GD.png FOR A VISUAL ON SETTING THIS UP EASILY.
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Setting up a cron job for charts and price alerts by email / mobile phone text / Alexa /
Telegram notifications
(get notifications sent to you, even when your PC / Laptop is offline):
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You can setup price charts or price alerts in your app install. Price alerts can be sent to email,
mobile phone text, Telegram, and Alexa notifications. You will be alerted when the
[configured default primary currency] price of an asset goes up or down a certain percent or
more (whatever percent you choose in the settings), for specific exchange / base pairing
combinations for that asset. You can even setup alerts and charts for multiple exchanges /
base pairings for the same asset.
Running price charts or price alerts requires setting up a cron job or scheduled task on the
Ubuntu / Raspberry Pi / Windows 10 machine or website server (this is automated for Ubuntu
and Raspberry Pi users using the automated FOLIO-INSTALL.bash script / Windows 10
users who run the ADD-WIN10-SCHEDULER-JOB.bat file), otherwise charts / alerts will
not work. Also see the related settings in Admin Config for charts / alerts.
Once a cron job is setup, there is no need to keep your PC / Laptop turned on. The price
charts and price alerts run automatically from your Open Crypto Tracker app server
installation. If you encounter errors or the charts / alerts don't work during setup, check the
error logs file at /cache/logs/error.log for errors in your configuration setup. Basic checks are
performed and errors are reported there, and on the Settings page.
If you want to turn on these cron job based features and more (chart data backups, new RSS
news feed entries emails, error log emails / etc), then the file cron.php (located in the primary
directory of this app) must be setup as a cron job on your Ubuntu / Raspberry Pi / Windows
10 / website server device.
As mentioned previously, if you run the automated setup / install script for Ubuntu /
Raspberry Pi / Windows 10 devices on home / internal networks, automatic cron job setup is
offered as an option during this process. If you are using a full stack website host for hosting
a TLD website domain name remotely, consult your web server host's documentation or help
desk for their particular method of setting up a cron job.
Note that you should have the cron job run every 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 minutes 24/7, based on
how often you want chart data points / alerts / any other cron based features to run. Setting up
the cron job to run every 20 minutes is the RECOMMENDED lowest time interval. IF SET
BELOW 20 MINUTES, lite chart disk writes may be excessive for lower end hardware
(Raspberry PI MicroSD cards etc). IF SET #VERY LOW# (5 / 10 minutes), the free
exchange APIs may throttle / block your data requests temporarily on occasion for requesting
data too frequently (negatively affecting your alerts / charts).
FOR LINUX / MAC USERS, here is an example cron job command line for reference below
(NOT including any cron parameters a remote host interface may require), to setup as the
"command" within a cron job. Replace system paths in the example with the correct ones for
your server (TIP - A very common path to PHP on a server is /usr/bin/php):
/path/to/php -q /home/username/path/to/website/this_app/cron.php
Here is another example of a COMPLETE cron command that can be added by creating the
following file (you'll need sudo/root permissions): /etc/cron.d/cryptocoin on a linux-based
machine with systemd (to run every 20 minutes 24/7)...play it safe and add a newline after it
as well if you install examples like these:
If your system DOES NOT have the directory /etc/cron.d/ on it, then NEARLY the same
format (minus the username) can be installed via the legacy 'crontab -e' command (YOU
MUST BE logged in as the user you want running the cron job):
MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE EITHER /etc/cron.d/, or 'crontab -e', NOT BOTH...ANY
OLD DUPLICATE CRONTAB ENTRIES WILL RUN YOUR CRON JOB TOO OFTEN. If
everything is setup properly, and the cron job still does NOT run, your particular server may
require the cron.php file permissions to be set as 'executable' ('755' chmod on unix / linux
systems) to allow running it.
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Using the built-in (internal) REST API:
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This app has a built-in (internal) REST API available, so other external apps can connect to it
and receive market data, including market conversion (converting the market values to their
equivalent value in country fiat currencies and secondary cryptocurrency market pairings).
To see a list of the supported assets in the API, use the endpoint: "/api/asset_list"
To see a list of the supported exchanges in the API, use the endpoint: "/api/exchange_list"
To see a list of the supported markets for a particular exchange in the API, use the endpoint:
"/api/market_list/[exchange name]"
To see a list of the supported conversion currencies (market values converted to these
currency values) in the API, use the endpoint: "/api/conversion_list"
To get raw market values AND also get a market conversion to a supported conversion
currency (see ALL requested market values also converted to values in this currency) in the
API, use the endpoint: "/api/market_conversion/[conversion currency]/[exchange1-asset1-
pairing1],[exchange2-asset2-pairing2],[exchange3-asset3-pairing3]"
To skip conversions and just receive raw market values in the API, you can use the endpoint:
"/api/market_conversion/market_only/[exchange1-asset1-pairing1],[exchange2-asset2-
pairing2],[exchange3-asset3-pairing3]"
For security, the API requires a key / token to access it. This key must be named "api_key",
and must be sent with the "POST" data method.
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Adding / editing / deleting assets and markets in the portfolio assets:
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Below is an example for editing your assets / markets into the portfolio assets in the file
config.php (located in the primary directory of this app), in the PORTFOLIO ASSETS
section. It's very quick / easy to do (after you get the hang of it, lol). Also see the text file
/DOCUMENTATION-ETC/CONFIG-EXAMPLE.txt, for a pre-configured set of default
settings and example assets / markets.
Contact any supported exchange's help desk if you are unaware of the correct formatting of
the trading pair naming you are adding in the configuration file (examples: Kraken has
arbitrary Xs inserted in SOME older pair names, HitBTC sometimes has tether pairing
without the "T" in the symbol name).
Support for over 80 trading pairs (country fiat currency or secondary crypto, contact me to
request more):
AED / ARS / AUD / BAM / BDT / BOB / BRL / BTC / BWP / BYN / CAD / CHF / CLP /
CNY / COP / CRC / CZK / DAI / DKK / DOP / EGP / ETH / EUR / GBP / GEL / GHS /
GTQ / HKD / HNT / HUF / IDR / ILS / INR / IRR / JMD / JOD / JPY / KES / KRW /
KWD / KZT / LKR / LRC / MAD / MKR / MUR / MWK / MXN / MYR / NGN / NIS /
NOK / NZD / PAB / PEN / PHP / PKR / PLN / PYG / QAR / RON / RSD / RUB / RWF /
SAR / SEK / SGD / SOL / THB / TRY / TUSD / TWD / TZS / UAH / UGX / UNI / USDC /
USDT / UYU / VES / VND / XAF / XOF / ZAR / ZMW
Ethereum ICO subtoken support (pre-exchange listing) has been built in (values are static
ICO values in ETH).
// UPPERCASE_COIN_ABRV_HERE
'UPPERCASE_COIN_ABRV_HERE' => array(
) // pairing END
), // Asset END
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