Alternatives / Clockify
Looking for an open source Clockify alternative? We compared 6 open source time trackers by license, self-hosting, billing features, developer tools, and privacy. They range from team time trackers to developer activity trackers and local desktop apps, and one of them is not free for commercial use.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Super Productivity | Task management with time tracking | MIT |
| Midday | Freelancer finances (commercial use needs a license) | AGPL-3.0 (non-commercial) |
| solidtime | Closest modern time tracker for teams | AGPL-3.0 |
| Kimai | Mature tracking with budgets and invoicing | AGPL-3.0 |
| Wakapi | Automatic coding time for developers | MIT |
| TimeScribe | Private offline tracking on desktop | GPL-3.0 |
We looked for open-source tools that overlap with Clockify's core: tracking time against projects and clients and reporting on it. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. Clockify is a hosted team product, so the list includes team trackers, personal and developer tools, and an all-in-one freelancer platform, and we flag restrictive licenses. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Midday's AGPL-3.0 license applies only to non-commercial use, and commercial use or deployments with a setup fee require a commercial license from the company. That makes it source available for business purposes. Its invoicing features are also still in development, and its last release was in February 2026.
solidtime and Kimai are the closest: team time trackers with projects, clients, billable rates, reports, and self-hosting. Kimai is the more mature, with budgets, invoicing, a REST API, and a plugin store, while solidtime has a more modern interface.
Super Productivity combines a task manager with time tracking, Pomodoro sessions, and issue tracker integrations, and works on desktop and mobile. Wakapi tracks coding activity automatically through editor plugins. TimeScribe is a local desktop app for macOS and Windows with automatic detection.
Super Productivity and Wakapi are MIT, TimeScribe is GPL-3.0, and solidtime and Kimai are AGPL-3.0. Midday is AGPL-3.0 for non-commercial use only.
Super Productivity, solidtime, Kimai, Wakapi, and TimeScribe were updated within weeks of this update. Midday's last commit was in June 2026, so development is slower.
Clockify is a proprietary hosted service whose free plan is generous but whose reporting, approvals, and integrations need paid plans, with time data stored on its servers. Open-source alternatives let you self-host, keep time and client data private, avoid per-user pricing, and customize reports, at the cost of running the server and fewer integrations.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Productivity | Task manager with tracking | MIT | Local app | Personal productivity |
| Midday | Freelancer platform | AGPL-3.0 (non-commercial) | Yes | Freelance finances |
| solidtime | Time tracker | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Teams and freelancers |
| Kimai | Time tracker | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Budgets and invoicing |
| Wakapi | Coding time tracker | MIT | Yes | Developers |
| TimeScribe | Desktop time tracker | GPL-3.0 | Local app | Private tracking |
Want a modern team time tracker you can self-host
solidtime offers projects, clients, billable rates, and reports with self-hosting guides and a cloud option.
Want mature tracking with budgets and invoicing
Kimai offers rates, budgets, reporting, a REST API, and a plugin store, though some plugins are paid.
Want tasks and time tracking in one app
Super Productivity combines task management, Pomodoro, and issue tracker integrations under MIT.
Want to track coding time automatically
Wakapi records coding activity through WakaTime-compatible plugins, with dashboards on your own server.
Want private, offline tracking on your desktop
TimeScribe stores everything locally on macOS and Windows with no account or cloud, under GPL-3.0.