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Kimai

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

Visit Kimai4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, Cross-Platform

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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: what Kimai does well

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

Cons: where it falls short

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

Who Kimai is for

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

Who can skip it

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

Kimai alternatives

Not sold on Kimai? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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

Dolibarr

Focus: erp and crm. Shares invoicing and self-hosted with Kimai. Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit

Gitea

Focus: git hosting, code review and issues. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Adds Linux, macOS and Windows. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
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

Timewarrior

Focus: command line. Shares time tracking and timesheets with Kimai. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Offline. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Kimai

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Huly

Focus: project management, issue tracker and team chat. Shares open source and github with Kimai. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.4Visit

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

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

Plausible Analytics

Focus: analytics, website stats and privacy. Shares self-hosted and open source with Kimai. Rated 4.6 (Kimai: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit
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