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Budgeting application focused on planning for recurring expenses.

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Still maintained? Yes: 414 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.21.1 (Oct 2026).

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Docker #19 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management

At a glance

monetr quick facts

Health score
91/100 GOOD
Stars
691
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v1.21.1, Oct 2026
Licence
FSL-1.1-MIT

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "monetr is a budgeting application that aims to make it easier for people to budget around recurring expenses. While making it absolutely clear how much you have left over to budget or use for other unplanned spending. It is based off of the now defunct Simple. It is also completely free to self-host."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

monetr scores 91/100, #19 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 414 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.21.1, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 691 stars add 11.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 8.6 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    414 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v1.21.1 released 4 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 11.4 / 20

    691 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

1316 commits over the last 12 months
414
Last 90 days
1,316
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #19 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between WYGIWYH (#18) and MyFin Budget (#20) .

Details

LicenceFSL-1.1-MIT
PlatformsDocker, K8S
Latest releasev1.21.1 · 4 days ago
Stars691
Open issues46
DockerYes
Repositorymonetr/monetr ↗

monetr vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with monetr (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Actual 98 30k MIT today
IHateMoney 93 1.4k BSD-3-Clause 3 months ago
InvoiceShelf 93 1.9k AGPL-3.0 2 days ago
monetr (this tool) 91 691 FSL-1.1-MIT today
Econumo 88 120 MIT today
YAFFA 78 114 MIT yesterday

monetr: common questions

Is monetr still maintained?

monetr had 414 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.21.1, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.