What is Lyftr?
A workout tracker you fully own. Log workouts, build reusable programs, run a guided gym session with
a rest timer, and track nutrition and bodyweight, all self-hosted and lightweight, with your data in
a single SQLite file on your server.
No subscription. No lock-in. No "your export is a Pro feature."
Features
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| 🏋️ Workouts | 800+ exercise library, program builder, guided active mode |
| 📱 Gym Mode | Full-screen, one exercise at a time, with a rest timer |
| 📈 Progress | Personal records, progression charts, muscle diagrams, dashboard |
| 🍎 Nutrition | Calories, macros, barcode scan, food search |
| ⚖️ Weight | Trend graph, lbs / kg across all data |
| 🔒 Yours | Self-hosted, a single SQLite file, all data on your server |
Quick start
No clone, no build, just Docker:
curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cawlumm/lyftr/main/docker-compose.yml
curl -o .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cawlumm/lyftr/main/.env.example
# set a strong JWT_SECRET in .env, then pull the prebuilt images and start:
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d
Open http://localhost and create your account.
📖 Full guide: configuration, HTTPS, backups, the mobile app, and troubleshooting live in the
docs → lyftr-app.pages.dev.
Try it
Tech stack
Go · Gin · SQLite, React · TypeScript · Tailwind · Vite (web), React Native · Expo (mobile),
Astro · Starlight (docs), Docker · nginx.
Translations
Help translate Lyftr into your language. See CONTRIBUTING.md for how.
Contributing
Bug reports, feature requests, translations, and PRs are welcome. Open an issue before large changes. Start with
CONTRIBUTING.md for setup and conventions, and docs/TESTING.md
for how the test suite is organised.
Beta: actively built, expect rough edges and frequent updates. The software equivalent of
going to the gym for the first time.
Support
Lyftr is free and open source under the MIT license. Run it on your own hardware, no subscription.
The most useful things you can do are free: file a reproducible bug report, fix a doc page that was
wrong, or tell another self-hoster it exists.
If you'd rather help with the running costs, sponsorship covers the demo server (~$4/month) and the
developer accounts Lyftr needs to reach more platforms. The iOS app is blocked on a $99/year Apple
Developer account, not on the code.
Sponsor on GitHub · All the ways to help
License
MIT
