ActivityWatch
Time TrackingAutomatic, privacy-first time tracking for your devices
Replaces RescueTime, ManicTime
Best Free Time Tracking for self-hosting
The 15 best Free time tracking you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Ever Gauzy
Time TrackingOpen-source business management with time tracking
Replaces Hubstaff, Time Doctor
Beaver Habit Tracker
Time TrackingHabit tracking app to save your precious moments in your fleeting life
Hamster
Time TrackingDesktop time tracker for individual productivity
Replaces Toggl, RescueTime
TimeOff Management
Time TrackingSelf-hosted leave and absence tracking for companies
Replaces BambooHR, Vacation Tracker
timetrace
Time TrackingSimple command-line time tracker for projects
Replaces Clockify, Toggl
TimeTracker
Time TrackingSelf-hosted web-based time tracking for teams
Replaces Toggl, Harvest
Ever Teams
Time TrackingOpen-source work time tracking and team management
Replaces Hubstaff, Toggl
arbtt
Time TrackingAutomatic rule-based time tracker for desktops
Replaces RescueTime, ManicTime
gtimelog
Time TrackingMinimalist time logging desktop application
Replaces Toggl
Ziit
Time TrackingThe Swiss army knife of code time tracking (alternative to WakaTime)
Anuko Time Tracker
Time TrackingSimple multi-user web time tracking system
Replaces Clockify, Harvest
timew-report
Time TrackingPython library for writing Timewarrior report extensions
TimeCase
Time TrackingFree self-hosted time tracking web application
Replaces Clockify, Toggl
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 |
| Ever Gauzy | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 8,363 |
| Beaver Habit Tracker | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 1,844 |
| Hamster | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 1,125 |
| TimeOff Management | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | BSD-2-Clause | 1,047 |
| timetrace | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 794 |
| TimeTracker | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 633 |
| Ever Teams | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 589 |
| arbtt | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | GPL-2.0 | 363 |
| gtimelog | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-2.0 | 273 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: ActivityWatch (19,227 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: timetrace (from 64 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 3 of 15 use AGPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Free within the time tracking category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.