WYGIWYH
Simple and powerful finance tracker.
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Still maintained? Yes: 153 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.24.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
WYGIWYH quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 905
- Last commit
- 5 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.24.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "WYGIWYH (What You Get Is What You Have) is a powerful, principles-first finance tracker designed for people who prefer a no-budget, straightforward approach to managing their money. With features like multi-currency support, customizable transactions, and a built-in dollar-cost averaging tracker, WYGIWYH helps you take control of your finances with simplicity and flexibility."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WYGIWYH scores 92/100, #18 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 153 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.24.0, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 905 stars add 11.8 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 8.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
153 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.24.0 released 6 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.8 / 20
905 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
- 153
- Last 90 days
- 539
- Last 12 months
- 5 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between Budget Board (#17) and monetr (#19) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | 0.24.0 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 905 |
| Open issues | 17 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | eitchtee/WYGIWYH ↗ |
WYGIWYH vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WYGIWYH (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Sure | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| WYGIWYH (this tool) | 92 | 905 | AGPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| YAFFA | 78 | 114 | MIT | yesterday |
| Kresus | 65 | 344 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
| Family Accounting Tool | 57 | 372 | Apache-2.0 | 4 days ago |
WYGIWYH: common questions
Is WYGIWYH still maintained?
WYGIWYH had 153 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago; the latest tagged release, 0.24.0, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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