Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#1

Post by thepra » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:19 PM UTC

Or is there a list of them somewhere?

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#2

Post by petecooper » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:24 PM UTC

I use kimai2:

https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#3

Post by h4kor » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:25 PM UTC

Not self-hosted but running locally, I use https://github.com/projecthamster

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#4

Post by jamessb » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:27 PM UTC

> Or is there a list of them somewhere?

awesome-selfhosted lists 4 self-hosted systems: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#tim...

(ActivityWatch, Kimai, TimeTagger, Traggo)

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#5

Post by cwmoore » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:31 PM UTC

If you work in a terminal using git, why not track time in a terminal using git?

https://gitime.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

#6

Post by nottorp » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:38 PM UTC

Any spreadsheet :)

The advantage being that you can always stick a random formula in for whatever you want to find out right now and you didnt need before.

It wont generate your invoices But Î find that a minor problem. How many customers do you invoice per month anyway?

Re: Ask HN: What are good self hosted time tracking software for consultants?

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Post by jolmg » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 12:43 PM UTC

org-mode in Emacs. On a headline representing a task or event, `C-c C-x C-i` to clock-in, `C-c C-x C-o` to clock-out. The agenda view includes what you've clocked in to during each day, and from it, `R` can give you a clock report for the timeframe that the agenda view is showing.