As an engineer-turned-day-trader (currently unprofitable ), I wanted a free way to journal my trades before paying for SaaS tools like TraderVue or TradeZella.
I came across the open-source project TradeNote (https://github.com/Eleven-Trading/TradeNote) and built a wrapper to make it super easy to self-host. With this setup, you can run TradeNote in GitHub Codespaces or locally with a single make command. No servers to configure, no vendor lock-in—just your trades, notes, and data under your control.
Features:
One-command setup (make start) in Codespaces or locally
Self-hosted — your data stays with you
Simple UI for recording trades and notes (powered by TradeNote)
Portable — runs in Docker, easy to move to localhost