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Sure.am vs Monetr
Sure.am has 10,766 GitHub stars, 731 forks, 501 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Monetr has 690 stars, 47 forks, 88 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sure.am leads on adoption by 1,460% (10,766 vs 690 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 7% 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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| Sure.am | Monetr | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 11K | ★ 690 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Ruby | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 731 | ⑂ 47 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sure.am if
- You weight community size — 11K 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
Deutsch Español Français 日本語 한국어 Português Русский 中文 Sure: The personal finance app for everyone Get involved: Discord • Website • Issues [!IMPORTANT] This repository is a community fork of the now abandoned Maybe Finance project. Learn more in their final release doc. Backstory The Maybe Finance (archived/abandoned repo) team spent most of 2021–2022 building a full featured personal finance and wealth management app. It even included an “Ask an Advisor” feature that connected users with a real CFP/CFA — all included with your subscription. The business end of things didn't work out, and so they stopped…
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About Monetr
monetr monetr is a budgeting application that aims to make it easier for people to budget around recurring expenses. While making it absolutely clear how much you have left over to budget or use for other unplanned spending. It is based off of the now defunct Simple. It is also completely free to self host. Contributing In order to run monetr locally you will need sandbox credentials for Plaid, you can obtain your own credentials here: Plaid Sign Up. Once you have a Client ID and a Client Secret you can run the following command in the monetr project directory to start a local environment. To start working on…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sure.am or Monetr more popular?
Sure.am has 10,766 GitHub stars and Monetr has 690. 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 (10,766 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.