Increment counters, set gauges, track arbitrary metrics via HTTP. No SDK required — one POST to bump a counter. Embed in any script, webhook, or cron job. Your own tiny StatsD.
A solo developer built a weekend project that needed counters tracking. Instead of spinning up Postgres and writing an admin panel, they added Tally as a sidecar process. The REST API covered every operation the project needed. Development time saved: roughly a full day.
Privacy-conscious teams often build internal counters workflows in Notion or Google Sheets because the alternative is a $200/month SaaS contract. Tally gives you a purpose-built tool at a fraction of the cost, running on infrastructure you already control.
GET /api/counters — List all counters. Supports ?q=keyword for search and ?status=value for filteringPOST /api/counters — Create a new counter. Send JSON with at least nameGET /api/counters/{id} — Fetch one counter by IDPUT /api/counters/{id} — Update fields on an existing counterDELETE /api/counters/{id} — Remove a counterGET /api/stats — Returns total count and breakdown by statusGET /api/health — Returns {"status":"ok"} for uptime monitoringStart Tally with a port and a data directory. It creates its SQLite database on first run and serves both the API and the dashboard on the same port. Create counters through the web interface or POST JSON to the API. Filter by value, namespace, or search by keyword. Update records with PUT, delete with DELETE. The stats endpoint returns aggregate counts grouped by status for monitoring.
Self-hosted counter and gauge API. Self-hosted on your infrastructure. Your data never leaves your server.
curl -fsSL https://stockyard.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --tool tally
PORT=8640 ./tally
http://localhost:8640
Single binary. Embedded SQLite. No Docker. No database. No dependencies.
Your license key arrives by email within 5 minutes of checkout. Set it as an environment variable and restart the binary.
export TALLY_LICENSE_KEY=stockyard_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ./tally
No cloud connectivity required. The binary validates the key offline with Ed25519 signatures.