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

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Invoice Ninja

I went back and forth between a couple of them -- Kimai2 and InvoiceNinja, back when Ninja was still on v4. Ultimately, every time tracking system does things a little differently, and after switching back and forth again, I've settled back on InvoiceNinja v5 (https://invoiceninja.com/). If all you need is time tracking, Kimai2 and several others will do the job just fine. But I've found in mine line of work that it's useful to be able to produce formal quotes and invoices for tracking purposes. Ninja lets you do all of that, no extensions or modules required, and all of the components are integrated with each other (quotes can be converted to invoices, projects, or both, invoicing can be done by task or by project, expenses can be included in invoices, etc.) and it also features a very nice automated emailing system for client invoice/quote notifications and even a guest frontend for them to log into. So all in all, I've found InvoiceNinja to be extremely useful and can't recommend it enough.

#Accounting #Billing & Invoicing #Invoicing 7 social mentions

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40 Hadiths

I've been using this for eons: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.timerecording.pro">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamicg.t...</a> There's a feature limited free version. Lots of options to track times, jobs, breaks, options for how to deal with day roll over, etc. Unfortunatly Google forced them to break/disable the location tracking feature (despite that it was only doing using the information on-device) - which was super handy to 'clock in/clock out' when arriving at a site.. There's no server, but several backup options to some services or on-device storage.

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Timing

Back when I did hourly reporting I used http://timingapp.com/. It tracks what applications and windows are open and then you connect those to tasks/projects/etc later, which was a must for me since I always forgot both to do time reporting and what I had been working on.

#Time Tracking #Invoicing #Time Management 23 social mentions

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TimeSnapper

I used TimeSnapper for a long time. It screenshots your desktop at an interval that you define, allows you to markup with notes on the screenshots, builds your screenshots into a gif of your day, tracks active window, allows you to delete irrelevant screenshots, log database and screenshots can be password-protected, etc. The developer was quick to reply to questions about the software and how to take advantage of all the options. I don't know whether it was still supported but I found it incredibly useful after trying several others (2010). It is installed locally and you control it but the best thing about it (is/was) that you buy it once and use it forever. No subscription. Fuck SaaS. Check it out, it seems to be an ongoing business: https://timesnapper.com/.

#Time Tracking #Time Management #Employee Monitoring 8 social mentions

5

Logseq

Logseq does some basic time tracking and if used correctly, a second brain. https://logseq.com/.

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6

timetrap

I have used TimeTrap (<a href="https://github.com/samg/timetrap">https://github.com/samg/timetrap</a>) for years. I have it installed on a dev/utility server I have hosted in the cloud. I use JuiceSSH on my android phone to run quick check in and check out scripts. While I'm at my workstation I have a terminal open that is SSHed into my VM. One of the panels in tmux is using a watch command to monitor my time. Purely just a time tracking function so I can't generate invoices or anything like that.

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Clockify

I've been a huge fan of https://clockify.me/ for general time keeping of tasks. Mostly for personal reference and motiviation. I'm not a consultant but use it to track things from my various software side projects and even chores.

#Time Tracking #Invoicing #Project Management 57 social mentions