# Beaver Habit Tracker

> Open-source, self-hostable habit tracker with no goals

Beaver Habit Tracker is an open-source, browser-based habit tracker by Henry Zhu, built for ticking off daily or periodic habits without setting goals. It can be used as a hosted service at beaverhabits.com or self-hosted with Docker, and it includes notes, categories, import and export, and a REST API. The hosted service has a free Basic plan and a Pro upgrade sold as a one-time lifetime license.

- **Category:** Habit Trackers
- **Made by:** Henry Zhu
- **Website:** https://beaverhabits.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Beaver Habit Tracker has a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.90 one-time for a Pro lifetime license.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic hosted plan with notes and descriptions, export and import, the REST API and community support. Unlimited habits and categories need Pro; the Basic habit cap is not published.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | Hosted plan with notes and descriptions, export and import, the REST API and community support. |
| Pro | $9.90 one-time lifetime license | Unlimited habits, habit categories and daily backup on the hosted service, with a 14-day return policy. |

Read from https://beaverhabits.com/ on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Beaver Habit Tracker before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Pro is a one-time lifetime license** (Lifetime license): The pricing section sells Pro as a lifetime license for $9.90 instead of a subscription, with a 14-day return policy. Source: https://beaverhabits.com/
- **Free to self-host** (Other savings): The project is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license, and the README gives Docker, Unraid and Easypanel instructions for running your own instance. Source: https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits

## Key features

- **Streaks without goals:** Habits are ticked off day by day in a grid and shown as streaks. The app deliberately leaves out goals and targets.
- **Daily notes and periodic habits:** A note or description can be added to a day's entry, and a habit can follow a period such as every second weekend instead of every day.
- **Habit management:** Habits can be reordered, edited, duplicated or archived from a context menu and grouped by category. Light and dark themes and custom CSS are supported.
- **REST API:** An API creates, updates, lists and completes habits. The README links community projects built on it for Stream Deck, Home Assistant, Apple Shortcuts and CalDAV.
- **Self-hosting:** The BSD-3-Clause licensed server runs from a Docker image, with templates for Unraid and Easypanel, and stores data in SQLite or a JSON file.
- **Import and export:** Data exports and imports in the app's own JSON format, and CSV files from other trackers such as Loop Habit Tracker can be imported.

## Good for

- People who want a plain streak tracker with no goals or scores
- Self-hosters running Docker, Unraid or Easypanel
- Ticking habits from an API, Home Assistant or a Stream Deck

## Worth knowing

- There are no store apps: it runs in a browser, with a standalone web-app mode on iOS, and a native iOS client is only in TestFlight beta.
- On the hosted service, unlimited habits, categories and daily backup need the Pro license, and the Basic plan's habit cap is not published.
- It has no goals by design: habits are ticked off per day, and the feature list includes no numeric targets or counts.
- Self-hosting means running the Docker image yourself; the pricing section lists daily backup only under hosted Pro.

## Works with

Home Assistant, Stream Deck, Apple Shortcuts, CalDAV, Unraid, Easypanel

**Tags:** Habit tracking, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, One-time purchase

## Alternatives

- [OpenHabitTracker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openhabittracker): Open-source tracker for habits, tasks and notes on every platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-habit-tracker-vs-openhabittracker)
- [Habo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/habo): Free, open-source habit tracker with optional encrypted sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-habit-tracker-vs-habo)
- [Table Habit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/table-habit): Free, open-source habit tracker with scoring and WebDAV sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-habit-tracker-vs-table-habit)
- [Loop Habit Tracker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/loop-habit-tracker): Free, open-source Android habit tracker with a habit score. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-habit-tracker-vs-loop-habit-tracker)
- [Everyday](https://toolgpa.com/tools/everyday): Minimalist habit tracker built on not breaking the chain. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beaver-habit-tracker-vs-everyday)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://beaverhabits.com/
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits/wiki
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits/wiki/Environment-variables
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits/wiki/Periodic-habits
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits/wiki/Import-From-Existing-Setup
- https://github.com/daya0576/beaverhabits/wiki/iOS-Native-App

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