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Crypto Tracker

Crypto Tracker is a self-hosted Django web application that retrieves cryptocurrency price data from CoinMarketCap, stores it in a database, and displays portfolio values, price charts and optional local-currency conversions.

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Crypto Tracker — OpenViST project profile in Consumer Crypto Apps.
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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when you want a self-hosted dashboard for selected crypto assets and are prepared to configure Docker, a CoinMarketCap API key and the app’s environment variables.

Who it is for

  • Crypto holders who want a centrally managed view of their selected assets.
  • Self-hosting users comfortable configuring a Docker-based application and CoinMarketCap API access.

Documented uses

  • Monitor the current value of selected cryptocurrencies.
  • Record purchases and use them to display an overall portfolio value.
  • View cryptocurrency price charts.
  • Convert price data from USD into a selected target currency.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The documented deployment requires creating a superuser to access the admin panel and add tracked cryptocurrencies and purchases.

  • Price data is polled from CoinMarketCap’s REST API and stored in the application database.
  • CoinMarketCap request points constrain polling frequency; multiple tracked cryptocurrencies can increase points consumed per request.
  • Docker and docker-compose are the recommended deployment route; the README describes manual component installation as tedious and does not detail it.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up Crypto Tracker with Docker

Configure the documented Docker deployment and prepare the app’s admin account and tracked assets.

Before you start

  • Docker and docker-compose
  • A CoinMarketCap API key
  • Environment values for SECRET_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, SITE_HOSTNAME and ALLOWED_HOSTS
  • A TARGET_CURRENCY value if local-currency conversion is wanted

Steps

  1. Rename dotenv-sample to .env and set the listed environment variables, including COINMARKET_KEY.

  2. Move docker/docker-compose to the project root and docker/rebuild-shortcut to rebuild.

  3. Make rebuild executable and run it.

  4. Create a superuser with the documented docker/manage-shortcut command, sign in to /admin, then add cryptocurrencies and purchase records.

Expected outcome

A Docker-deployed dashboard configured with tracked cryptocurrencies and, if entered, purchase amounts for portfolio calculations.

Guide limitations

  • The README recommends a reverse proxy or web application firewall to handle SSL certificates.
  • CoinMarketCap request limits can require longer polling intervals, especially when querying multiple cryptocurrencies.
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18 October 2026
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