Ocular
Simplistic and straightforward budgeting app to track your budget across months and years.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 34% of tracked projects; popularity more than 25%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 566 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.4.1 · 5 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Ocular actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 120 commits, of which 11 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 4 commits a month.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 59% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v2.4.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Ocular ranks #35 of 43 tracked money, budgeting & management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Ocular actually does
Ocular is a self-hosted personal finance tool designed to help you monitor and plan your budget across monthly and yearly cycles. It provides a straightforward interface for tracking your monetary allocation without relying on external third-party services. The project is distributed under the MIT licence.
Best fit: It suits individuals who want a private, self-hosted ledger for manual budget tracking across extended timeframes.
Worth knowing: With a modest community and codebase activity, you may encounter edge cases or need to rely on community support for troubleshooting.
Deployment notes
Because it runs in Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for your financial data and set up a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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