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Sure.am vs Ghostfolio
Sure.am has 9,966 GitHub stars, 494 forks, 501 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ghostfolio has 9,311 stars, 1,314 forks, 315 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sure.am leads on adoption by 7% (9,966 vs 9,311 stars). Sure.am is written in Ruby under AGPL-3.0; Ghostfolio is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Sure.am has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Ghostfolio 14%. 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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| Sure.am | Ghostfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 10.0K | ★ 9.3K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 494 | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sure.am if
- You weight community size — 10.0K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Ghostfolio if
- You want the Ghostfolio feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Ghostfolio fits your workflow better
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 →
About Ghostfolio
Ghostfolio is open source wealth management software built with web technology and released under the AGPL 3.0 license. It lives in the personal finance management ecosystem and uses TypeScript, Nx, Angular, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and Redis. The project provides a self hostable application for tracking stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies, while also offering a hosted Ghostfolio Premium cloud service.
read the full Ghostfolio overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sure.am or Ghostfolio more popular?
Sure.am has 9,966 GitHub stars and Ghostfolio has 9,311. Sure.am has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sure.am and Ghostfolio free?
Both are open source. Sure.am is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Ghostfolio under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Sure.am and Ghostfolio?
Sure.am is written in Ruby and Ghostfolio in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Sure.am or Ghostfolio?
Choose Sure.am if you want the larger community (9,966 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Ghostfolio if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.