Developers

Streakly for Developers: The desktop habit tracker you buy once

The desktop habit tracker you buy once — streaks, heatmaps and schedules that match real life.

Developers rent API docs, monitoring, secrets and webhook plumbing by the month for side projects that earn nothing yet. Self-hosted pay-once utilities cost less than one month of the SaaS they replace.

The tool this job usually means renting is Habitify, at $5/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year. Streakly does the job for a one-time $15 — running locally on your own machine.

Fit check

Why it fits how developers work

🗓️ Schedules that match real life

Every day, specific weekdays, or N times per week — with an icon and color per habit.

For developers, schedules that match real life pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $15, not metered per month.

🔢 Numeric goals

"8 glasses of water", "50 pushups" — increment through the day; only hitting the goal completes it, partial counts still tracked.

For developers, numeric goals pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $15, not metered per month.

🔥 A streak engine that's fair

Weekday-only habits survive the weekend, N-per-week habits count weekly quotas, and today doesn't break your streak just because it isn't done yet.

For developers, A streak engine that's fair pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $15, not metered per month.

Workflow

A typical workflow

STEP 01

Buy once on Whop

One-time $15 — the cheapest app in the suite, tied with Deepdesk.

STEP 02

Create your habits

Icon, color, schedule and optional numeric goal — reorder your today list by dragging.

STEP 03

Check in daily

Tick habits (or count reps), keep streaks alive fairly, and watch the year heatmap fill in.

What it costs, honestly

Streakly is $15, once. Habitify at $5/mo — roughly $60 a year, every year. Three months of Habitify costs the same as Streakly does once — your streaks shouldn't have a renewal date.

FAQ

Developers ask

Is Streakly worth it for developers?

Three months of Habitify costs the same as Streakly does once — your streaks shouldn't have a renewal date. Streakly costs $15 once; Habitify charges $5/mo — about $60 a year. For developers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.

Is it really free on GitHub?

Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/habit-tracker-mvp. $15 buys the packaged Windows installer and updates.

Why is the streak engine "fair"?

Because most trackers punish you for their own bad math. In Streakly, a weekdays-only habit doesn't break over the weekend, an N-per-week habit counts weekly quotas across week boundaries, skip days freeze streaks, and an unfinished today never kills a streak prematurely. The engine is a pure zero-dependency module with its own test suite.

Own Streakly forever — $15