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5 self-hosted WakaTime alternatives

Automatic time-tracking and productivity analytics for software developers. Records coding activity across editors, IDEs and repositories, aggregates metrics and dashboards, and provides individual and team reports for coding time and project activity.

Alternatives to WakaTime

Open-source, privacy-first automated time tracker with local storage, extensible watchers, and dashboards for analyzing app, browser, and coding activity.

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18.7k stars991 forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Modern open-source time tracking for freelancers and teams, with projects, tasks, clients, rates, reporting, and PDF invoicing in one place.

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8.9k stars501 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Minimalist, self-hosted WakaTime-compatible backend to track coding time with dashboards, leaderboards, badges, reports, and a REST API.

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4.4k stars300 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Open source web-based time tracker with an interactive timeline, tag-based workflow, targets, and CSV/PDF reporting for individuals and freelancers.

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1.8k stars166 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source, tag-based time tracker that records time spans with tags and provides customizable dashboards, calendar/list views, themes, and Docker deployment.

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1.6k stars93 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing WakaTime actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MPL-2.0, AGPL-3.0, MIT, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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