# Ocular

> Ocular is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the finance & budgeting category. Simplistic and straightforward budgeting app to track your budget across months and years. It has 571 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/simonwep/ocular |
| Website | https://simonwep.github.io/ocular/ |
| Demo | https://simonwep.github.io/ocular/demo/#demo |
| GitHub stars | 571 |
| Forks | 51 |
| Open issues | 21 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Vue |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Categories | Finance & Budgeting |
| Commits, last 12 months | 120 |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Latest release | v2.4.1 (Sep 5, 2026) |
| Created | Mar 24, 2022 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: budget-app, budgeting, finance, finance-management, self-hosted, budgets, cash-flow, expenses, financial, personal-finance

## Install

Ocular ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/simonwep/ocular for the image name and environment variables.

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