8 self-hosted apps
Best self-hosted Health & Fitness apps
Workout, nutrition and medical records software. Track your health data without handing it to an app vendor.
The most popular self-hosted apps for health & fitness on GitHub are wger, SparkyFitness and OpenEMR, ranked by stars below.
Ranked by GitHub stars
All 8 Health & Fitness apps
wger
wger-project/wger
Web-based personal workout, fitness and weight logger/tracker. It can also be used as a simple gym management utility and offers a full REST API as well.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Health & FitnessPythonDockerSparkyFitness
CodeWithCJ/SparkyFitness
Fitness-Tracker which tracks nutrition, exercise, body metrics, and health data (alternative to MyFitnessPal).
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Health & FitnessTypeScriptDockerOpenEMR
openemr/openemr
Electronic health records and medical practice management solution.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Health & FitnessPHPDockerDreeve
dreeveapp/dreeve
Statistics dashboard generated from Strava data.
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
AnalyticsPHPDockerFitTrackee
SamR1/FitTrackee
Simple workout/activity tracker.
Active · last commit Oct 21, 2026
Health & FitnessPythonDockerNutriTrace
TraceApps/nutritrace
Nutrition and diet tracker with barcode scanning, wearable integrations (Fitbit, Withings, Garmin, Health Connect), adaptive calorie goals, multi-user sharing, and a built-in AI assistant…
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Health & FitnessJavaScriptDockerMere Medical
cfu288/mere-medical
Manage all of your medical records from Epic MyChart, Cerner, and OnPatient patient portals in one place. Privacy-focused, self-hosted, and offline-first.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Health & FitnessTypeScriptDockerOpenELIS Global
DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2
Laboratory information system (LIS/LIMS) for clinical, public health, environmental and vector surveillance labs. FHIR-native, with analyzer integration (ASTM/HL7), quality control and…
Active · last commit Oct 25, 2026
Health & FitnessJavaDocker
What is the best self-hosted app for health & fitness?
By GitHub stars, wger is the most popular self-hosted app for health & fitness with 7,182 stars, followed by SparkyFitness and OpenEMR. The best fit depends on your needs, so compare Docker support, license and recent activity on each app page.
Are these Health & Fitness apps free?
Mostly. 7 of the 8 apps here are open source; 1 has a license appsgit could not verify. The open-source apps are free to run on your own server; source-available licenses add conditions, such as limits on hosted, commercial or production use, so check the license on each app page. A few projects also offer a paid hosted plan or enterprise add-ons.
How do I install a self-hosted Health & Fitness app?
8 of the 8 apps here ship a Docker image, which is the easiest route: rent a small VPS or use a home server, install Docker, and start the app with its Docker Compose file. Apps without an image list their native install steps in the README.
Which Health & Fitness apps are most actively developed?
Measured by commits in the last twelve months, the most active projects are SparkyFitness (8,072 commits), OpenEMR (3,184 commits) and Dreeve (2,465 commits). Active development usually means faster bug fixes and security patches.