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Web-based personal workout, fitness and weight logger/tracker. It can also be used as a simple gym management utility and offers a full REST API as well.

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Still maintained? Yes: 394 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.7 (Sep 2026).

Also an alternative to MyFitnessPal and Strava.

Docker #2 of 8 in Health and Fitness

At a glance

wger quick facts

Health score
95/100 GOOD
Stars
7,209
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
2.7, Sep 2026
Licence
AGPL-3.0
View wger-project/wger on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to wger

Full rankings: MyFitnessPal alternatives, Strava alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "wger (ˈvɛɡɐ) is a free workout and fitness manager."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

wger scores 95/100, #2 of 8 in Health and Fitness: 394 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.7, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 7,209 stars add 15.4 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 4.6 more points.

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

Health over time

Health 95 on 11 Sep, 95 nowSteady at 95 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

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

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    2.7 released 2 months ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 15.4 / 20

    7.2k 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

1325 commits over the last 12 months
394
Last 90 days
1,325
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #2 of 8 tools in Health and Fitness by health , between OpenEMR (#1) and FitTrackee (#3) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsPython, Docker
Latest release2.7 · 2 months ago
Stars7,209
Open issues191
DockerYes
Repositorywger-project/wger ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗ Live demo ↗

wger vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with wger (Health and Fitness), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
OpenEMR 95 5.6k GPL-3.0 today
wger (this tool) 95 7.2k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
FitTrackee 92 1.2k AGPL-3.0 9 days ago
Mere Medical 90 321 GPL-3.0 today
NutriTrace 90 361 AGPL-3.0 today
Statistics for Strava 49 10 AGPL-3.0 3 months ago

wger: common questions

What does wger replace?

Repoly lists wger as an open-source alternative to MyFitnessPal and Strava. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where wger stands against the others.

Is wger still maintained?

wger had 394 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 2.7, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.