Alternatives to wger
Open-source workout manager with nutrition tracking that you can use online or host yourself. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
wger
Open-source workout manager with nutrition tracking that you can use online or host yourself.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as wger.
Strong
A workout tracker and gym log for planning strength training and logging sets.
Strong is a fast gym log for iOS and Android, but it is closed source, cannot be self-hosted, has no nutrition tracking and keeps detailed charts in PRO.
Liftosaur
Open-source weightlifting planner and tracker with programs written in a plain-text scripting language.
Liftosaur is open source across iOS, Android and web with scriptable progression and over 50 built-in routines, but it has no nutrition tracking or self-hosting.
Hevy
Workout tracker and gym log for strength training, with routines, progress charts and social features.
Hevy is a free gym log with detailed set logging, charts and watch apps, but it is proprietary, has social features and does not track nutrition or self-host.
JEFIT
A gym workout planner and log for building routines and tracking strength progress.
JEFIT provides detailed custom plans with supersets and adaptive plans on phone and watch, but it is proprietary with some features behind paid plans and no nutrition log.
FitNotes
Simple, ad-free Android app for logging gym workouts and reviewing training progress.
FitNotes is a free, ad-free gym diary, but it runs only on Android, is proprietary and does not include nutrition tracking or self-hosting.
Boostcamp
Workout tracker and strength training program app with thousands of free coach-designed programs.
Boostcamp offers a large library of structured strength programs with automatic progression, but it is mobile only, proprietary and has no nutrition tracking.
Also worth comparing
These listings name wger as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Cronometer
A nutrition tracker that logs food, exercise and biometrics down to individual vitamins and minerals.
wger is free and open source and can be self-hosted, combining nutrition tracking with workout planning, but self-hosting means running and maintaining your own server.
Fitbod
A strength training app that builds workout plans from your goals, equipment, recovery and progress.
wger is open source and can be self-hosted, and it combines workout planning with nutrition tracking, but it does not generate adaptive workouts.
FitTrackee
Self-hosted, open-source tracker for outdoor activities such as cycling, running and hiking from GPX files.
wger is open source and self-hostable but focuses on workout planning and nutrition tracking rather than GPX-based outdoor activities.
MyFitnessPal
A calorie and macro tracking app with a large food database, meal photo scanning and voice logging.
wger is open source and can be self-hosted, combining nutrition tracking with workout planning, but self-hosting requires running a server.
OpenNutriTracker
Free and open-source calorie and nutrition tracker for mobile, focused on simplicity and privacy.
wger is open source and self-hostable, combining nutrition tracking with workout planning across web and mobile apps.
Waistline
Libre calorie counter and weight tracker for Android, with a day-by-day food diary.
wger is open source and combines nutrition tracking with workout planning on web and mobile, and can be self-hosted, which requires maintaining a server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
openScale
An open-source Android app that tracks weight and body metrics and reads data from Bluetooth scales.
FitoTrack
Privacy-oriented Android fitness tracker for logging workouts such as runs, without ads or analytics.
OpenTracks
Open-source Android sport tracker that records runs, rides and hikes with GPS while keeping data private.