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    Kimai

    Open-source time tracking platform for teams, offering self-hosted and SaaS versions with a focus on data protection and transparency.

    ATAustria
    Headquarters
    🇦🇹Austria
    Data Hosting
    Germany
    Structure
    Independent
    Compliance
    â–£GDPRâ—†EU HQâ–¦EU Data

    Kimai key facts

    Last updated
    Legal entity
    Kimai (Kevin Papst)
    Headquarters
    Austria (AT)
    Ownership
    Independent
    Data hosting
    Germany
    Open source
    No
    US Cloud Act exposure
    Low (no US parent)
    Replaces
    Harvest, Clockify, FreshBooks

    About Kimai

    Kimai is a professional open-source time-tracking solution designed for project-driven teams and businesses of all sizes. It allows users to track work hours, manage projects, and generate summaries by yearly, monthly, daily, or customer-specific views. The platform is built using a browser-based interface, making it cross-platform and mobile-friendly. The service is offered in two main versions: a self-hosted open-source version for maximum control and 'Kimai Cloud,' a managed SaaS version. The SaaS offering includes additional features such as automated backups, task planning, and expense management. Kimai emphasizes its European roots, being developed in Austria and using German infrastructure for its cloud hosting, positioning itself as a sovereign alternative to US-based tracking tools.

    Alternative to

    HarvestClockifyFreshBooks

    Key Features

    Work time tracking by customer and project
    Invoicing with PDF and DOCX exports
    LDAP and SAML authentication (Google Workspace, Azure AD, Authentik)
    Two-factor authentication (TOTP)
    JSON API for reading and writing data
    Expense management
    Audit trail logs
    Task planning and holiday/sickness tracking

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