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Fincept Terminal vs Sure.am
Fincept Terminal has 31,729 GitHub stars, 4,491 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Sure.am has 9,966 stars, 494 forks, 501 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Fincept Terminal leads on adoption by 218% (31,729 vs 9,966 stars). Fincept Terminal is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; Sure.am is written in Ruby under AGPL-3.0. Fincept Terminal has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, Sure.am 5%. Sure.am was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Fincept Terminal | Sure.am | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 10.0K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C++ | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.5K | ⑂ 494 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Fincept Terminal if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Sure.am if
- You want the Sure.am feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Sure.am fits your workflow better
About Fincept Terminal
Fincept Terminal is an open source financial terminal built in C++ with Qt6, designed to deliver institutional grade market analytics, investment research, and economic data tools in a desktop environment. It provides interactive interfaces for exploring financial data, running quantitative analyses, and executing trading strategies. The project lives in the fintech ecosystem and serves as a free, community driven alternative to proprietary terminals like Bloomberg Terminal.
read the full Fincept Terminal overview →
About Sure.am
Sure.am is a community maintained personal finance application that exists as a fork of the archived Maybe Finance project. It is written in Ruby, distributed under the AGPL 3.0 license, and lives in the open source personal finance management ecosystem as a self hosted application.
read the full Sure.am overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fincept Terminal or Sure.am more popular?
Fincept Terminal has 31,729 GitHub stars and Sure.am has 9,966. Fincept Terminal has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fincept Terminal and Sure.am free?
Both are open source. Fincept Terminal has no licence declared in this registry, and Sure.am is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Fincept Terminal and Sure.am?
Fincept Terminal is written in C++ and Sure.am in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Fincept Terminal or Sure.am?
Choose Fincept Terminal if you want the larger community (31,729 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Sure.am if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.