Health, home and travel

Cronometer Gold alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

simonoppowa/OpenNutriTracker2,286GPL-3.0A privacy-focused open-source calorie and nutrition tracker for logging meals and monitoring daily nutrients.Open on GitHub wger-project/wger6,611AGPL-3.0Self-hosted fitness app with workout, nutrition and weight tracking including food logging and targets.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Lab‑analyzed, proprietary nutrition database and verified entries
Photo & voice logging (AI photo logging and voice control)
Large barcode-backed database of ~1M verified foods and broad device integrations
Professional / Pro features for clinicians and research workflows

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Cronometer Gold, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.