Extract Details from Receipts via Telegram with Tesseract and Llama

Say goodbye to messy receipts and manual expense logging!

This automation turns Telegram into your personal expense tracker. Whether you send a photo of a receipt or type in a text message, the system uses OCR and AI to extract, categorize, and summarize your expenses instantly — all without any coding or complex setup.

Perfect for freelancers, small business owners, or anyone who wants to track spending effortlessly using free tools.

What it does:

📥 Accepts text or receipt images via Telegram bot
🧾 Uses OCR (Tesseract) to extract text from receipt photos
🧠 Analyzes and categorizes expenses with LLaMA AI (via OpenRouter)
🏷️ Categorizes into Food, Transport, Household, and more
🧾 Extracts store name, date, total, and item details
📤 Sends a clean, formatted summary back via Telegram

✅ Setup guide & importable automation included
✅ No advanced technical skills required

📦 Requirements:

Self-hosted n8n instance

Telegram Bot (via @BotFather)

OpenRouter API key (for AI analysis)

Tesseract Community Node (for OCR processing)

Need help setting it up? We offer full configuration and testing for a one-time fee.