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Sure.am vs Monetr
Sure.am has 9,966 GitHub stars, 494 forks, 501 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Monetr has 677 stars, 49 forks, 88 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sure.am leads on adoption by 1,372% (9,966 vs 677 stars). Sure.am is written in Ruby under AGPL-3.0; Monetr is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. Sure.am has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Monetr 7%. Monetr 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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Side by side
| Sure.am | Monetr | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 10.0K | ★ 677 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Ruby | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 494 | ⑂ 49 |
| 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 Monetr if
- You want the Monetr feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Monetr 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.
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About Monetr
monetr is a free, self hostable budgeting application written in Go that helps people plan around recurring expenses and see exactly how much money is left over for unplanned spending.
read the full Monetr overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sure.am or Monetr more popular?
Sure.am has 9,966 GitHub stars and Monetr has 677. Sure.am has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sure.am and Monetr free?
Both are open source. Sure.am is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Monetr has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sure.am and Monetr?
Sure.am is written in Ruby and Monetr in Go. 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 Monetr?
Choose Sure.am if you want the larger community (9,966 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Monetr if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.