Open-Source Ledger Infrastructure for Financial Applications

Website • Documentation • Contributing

Transfa is an open-source ledger infrastructure platform designed for companies that need full control over their financial data infrastructure. Built on TigerBeetle for high-performance transaction processing, Transfa provides a self-hostable alternative to third-party financial infrastructure services.

• 🚀 High Performance: Built on TigerBeetle for ultra-fast transaction processing
• 🔒 Self-Hosted: Full control over your financial data infrastructure
• 📊 Complete Auditability: Full transaction history and audit trails
• 🔓 Zero Vendor Lock-In: Own and control your entire financial stack
• 📱 Dashboard: Built-in management dashboard and tools
• 🔐 Secure: Industry-standard security practices and encryption

• Local Development
• Documentation
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License

For local development, you'll need Node.js >= 22.0.0, pnpm, PostgreSQL, and TigerBeetle.

📚 Local Development Guide - Complete setup guide including:

• Architecture and tech stack
• Step-by-step installation
• Development workflow
• Testing
• Troubleshooting

Full documentation is available at docs.transfa.com

• Getting Started - Introduction and overview
• Self-Hosting Guide - Deploy with Docker Compose
• API Reference - Complete API documentation
• TigerBeetle Documentation - TigerBeetle deployment and operations

For local development, the API documentation is also available at http://localhost:3000/api-reference when running the backend.

Ready to deploy Transfa to production? We have comprehensive deployment guides available:

📚 Self-Hosting Guide - Complete guide for deploying Transfa with Docker Compose, including:

• Environment configuration
• TigerBeetle deployment (VPC setup, security considerations)
• Production best practices
• Troubleshooting

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Make your changes: Follow the existing code style
4. Run tests: pnpm test
5. Run linting: pnpm lint
6. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
7. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
8. Open a Pull Request

• Write tests for new features
• Follow TypeScript best practices
• Use meaningful commit messages
• Update documentation as needed
• Ensure all tests pass before submitting PR

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.