what is fintech-forge fr?

FinTechForge is an open source, modular platform for building finance related applications. It bundles together a set of tools that developers, data analysts, and students can use as a starting point for their own financial projects, rather than shipping one single finished product. The platform is split into three main parts. A Node.js backend handles user authentication, giving apps a secure way to manage logins and protect financial data. A Python backend runs AI powered sentiment analysis on financial news, so an application can gauge whether coverage of a company or market is generally positive or negative. A React frontend provides a dashboard for displaying financial data, analytics, and trends in a readable, interactive way. Because the pieces are modular, each backend and the frontend can be extended or swapped as a project grows, and the whole thing is designed around an API based architecture so it can connect with other services and third party tools. To run it locally you need Node.js 18 or newer, Python 3.10 or newer, MongoDB, plus npm, pip, and Git installed. Setup involves cloning the repo, installing dependencies separately for the Node and Python backends, adding your own environment variables including a Gemini API key, and starting each service before opening the React app in a browser. Redis is an optional add on for caching API responses like news and currency data, but the app falls back to uncached calls if Redis is not configured. The README lists ideas for future additions, including a portfolio recommendation engine, price prediction for stocks and crypto, a financial chatbot, and a browser extension for tracking finances, though none of these are built yet. The project is released under the MIT License, so it can be used, forked, and modified freely.