My wife needed a cycle tracker. Everything out there was either Flo (which got sued twice for sharing health data) or an abandoned GitHub project. So I built Ovumcy. Single Go binary, SQLite, Docker-ready. No analytics, no third-party APIs, no cloud. Your data stays on your server. Features: period tracking, symptom logging, predictions (ovulation, fertile window), statistics, CSV/JSON export, dark mode, Russian and English. Just pushed v0.2.5. Looking for feedback from real users.
I use Android, my wife - iOS. So many things that on F-Droid are simply unavailable to her (yes, I tried to convince her to go to our side). So I searched for living projects with self-hosting idea, did not find one and decided to create one. I have a CS background, though my professional work today is mostly in finance as a senior analyst where I write code to automate and optimize workflows. Ovumcy started as a personal project exploring a self-hosted approach to cycle tracking.
I use a period tracker to identify file extensions.
As a non-native speaker, I had to use LLM to get that joke)
Why not use drip or mensinator? Both FOSS.
Ovumcy isn’t trying to replace them. The idea here is to explore a self-hosted, web-based approach that focuses on running the app on infrastructure you control, with simple deployment and cross-device access through the browser.
Different tools optimize for different things. Native apps like Drip or Mensinator are great for fully local tracking, while Ovumcy explores a self-hosted model that can be accessed from multiple devices without relying on a third-party service.
this is great, especially when our government starts tracking everything we do online.
great forward thinking if that was your intention.
I see that we face it all over the world now.
Yup. You really don’t want the maga cult monitoring your cycle. If you stopped menstruating for a bit you must be pregnant. Where is the baby? Omg you murdered the baby by taking Tylenol!
I see how they differ now. Local vs self hosted. Niche use. But I get your idea especially helpful between partners I suppose. Keep it going! Let’s see where it lands in time. Personally I think the name is hard to remember and pronounce correctly which means it might not be super catchy and really take off. My opinion and in no way should deter you. Perhaps tweak the name. Overall though good job and keep going. This not a negative thing I say. Just to trying to help you refine the idea to success. Best of luck!
Appreciate that!