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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

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Kimai

Self-hosted time tracking with timesheets, reports and invoices.

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What is Kimai?

Kimai is a free, open-source, self-hosted time tracker for freelancers and teams. Start and stop timers or add hours by hand, sort time by customer, project and activity, and turn timesheets into reports, exports and invoices, with user roles, budgets and support for many languages.

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Pros

  • Timesheets turn straight into invoices
  • Budgets per customer and project
  • Free and open source

Cons

  • Self-hosting needs a server with PHP and a database
  • The hosted cloud version is a paid subscription

Who should use Kimai

Freelancers and small teams who bill by the hour and want their time data on their own server.

Who may not need it

People who don't need to track or bill their hours.

Kimai alternatives

Similar resources to Kimai, picked from the directory.

All Time Management resources

solidtime

Focus: billable hours and toggl alternative. Shares time tracking and self-hosted with Kimai. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Clockify

Focus: reports and freelancing. Shares time tracking and timesheets with Kimai. Freemium (Kimai: Free). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Plane

Focus: issue tracking, sprints and asana alternative. Shares open source and self-hosted with Kimai. Freemium (Kimai: Free). Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFree planWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

OpenProject

Focus: gantt chart, scrum and asana alternative. Shares open source and self-hosted with Kimai. Freemium (Kimai: Free). Adds Linux. Rated 4.3 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, Linux
4.3Visit

TaskView

Focus: task management, project management and teams. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Rated 4.3 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.3Visit

Docmost

Focus: wiki, documentation and confluence alternative. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Rated 4.7 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Free alternatives to Kimai

Free resources that cover similar ground.

Leantime

Focus: project management, kanban and goals. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

tududi

Focus: to-do list, gtd and recurring tasks. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Dayflow

Focus: work journal, daily standup and local ai. Shares time tracking and open source with Kimai. A Mac app, not a web app. Adds macOS. Same 4.5 rating.

Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit

Circle

Focus: linear clone, project management and nextjs. Shares open source with Kimai. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.7 (Kimai: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.7Visit

Portracker

Focus: monitoring, ports and homelab. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.6Visit
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