ActivityWatch
Time TrackingAutomatic, privacy-first time tracking for your devices
Replaces RescueTime, ManicTime
Best Cross-Platform Time Tracking for self-hosting
The 7 best Cross-Platform time tracking you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Watson
Time TrackingCommand-line time tracker with projects, tags, and reports
Replaces Toggl, Harvest
Timewarrior
Time TrackingCommand-line time tracking with powerful reporting
Replaces Toggl
timetrace
Time TrackingSimple command-line time tracker for projects
Replaces Clockify, Toggl
arbtt
Time TrackingAutomatic rule-based time tracker for desktops
Replaces RescueTime, ManicTime
timew-report
Time TrackingPython library for writing Timewarrior report extensions
Virtual TimeClock
Time TrackingPowerful, easy-to-use time tracking software
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActivityWatch | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MPL-2.0 | 19,227 |
| Watson | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 2,542 |
| Timewarrior | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 1,668 |
| timetrace | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 794 |
| arbtt | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 363 |
| timew-report | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 70 |
| Virtual TimeClock | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | ⊘ Proprietary | — |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: ActivityWatch (19,227 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Watson (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 3 of 7 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the time tracking category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.