Open Source Project Hamster AlternativesTime Tracking Tools and other similar apps like Project Hamster

The best open source alternative to Project Hamster is ActivityWatch. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Project Hamster and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Project Hamster are Kimai, Cattr, Watson and Furtherance.

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Project Hamster is time tracking for individuals. It helps you to keep track on how much time you have spent during the day on activities you choose to track.

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Project Hamster alternatives page was last updated Aug 26, 2024
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  1. ActivityWatch icon
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    ActivityWatch

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    Track how you spend time on your devices. Simple (yet powerful), extensible, no third parties.

    73 ActivityWatch alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Rust
    • Python
    • Chromium
    • Firefox

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Automatic time tracking
    2.  Visual timeline
    3.  Task Time Tracking
    4.  Decentralized storage
    5.  Automated usage tracking
    6.  Open API
    7.  Local based GUI
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Data export/import
    10.  Real-time tracking
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Idle Detection
    13.  Charts
    14.  Life Logging & Quantified Self
    15.  Productivity analysis
    16.  Data analytics
    17.  Custom categories
    18.  Screen time
    19.  Track Activities
    20.  Dark Mode
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    Follows windows titles, not actual tasks

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    • ActivityWatch is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Project Hamster.

    • ActivityWatch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Project Hamster.

    • ActivityWatch is Free and Open SourceProject Hamster is also Free and Open Source
    • ActivityWatch is Privacy focusedProject Hamster is not according to our users
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    Kimai

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    Kimai is a free open source time tracker. It tracks work time and prints out a summary of your activities on demand. Yearly, monthly, daily, by customer, by project, by action …

    95 Kimai alternatives
    Track and manage your (work) times with Kimai or export them.

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Dashboard shows statistical information about your time-tracking records and more
    Print invoices for your customers directly with Kimai in several formats
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    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Multiple teams
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Task Time Tracking
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Export to PDF
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  4. Cattr icon
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    Cattr

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    Cattr is a free open-source self-hosted time tracker with desktop clients for windows, mac, linux. The key features are built-in screenshot capture, activity detection. Integrations with jira, redmine, trello, gitlab, other task managers via plugins.

    243 Cattr alternatives
    Desktop client

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    User's dashboard
    Projects report
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    Cattr Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Task Time Tracking
    3.  Performance Monitoring
    4.  Timer
    5.  Automatic time tracking
    6.  Employee Time Tracking
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  5. Watson icon
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    Watson

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    Watson is a command-line time-tracking tool written in Python. By default, all data is saved locally. It supports projects, tags, reporting, and CSV/JSON export. Data sync is supported with the optional self-hosted crick server.

    15 Watson alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Watson screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Task Time Tracking
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  6. Furtherance icon
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    Furtherance

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    Furtherance is a time tracking app. It allows you to track time spent on different activities without worrying about your data being captured and sold.

    118 Furtherance alternatives
    Timer

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Shortcuts
    History
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    Reports

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Task Time Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Pomodoro Timer
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Real-time tracking
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  7. Timewarrior icon
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    Timewarrior

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    Timewarrior is a command line time tracking application, which allows you to record time spent on activities. You may be tracking your time for curiosity, or because your work requires it. At its simplest, you tell it to start and stop tracking time.

    26 Timewarrior alternatives
    Stopping recording and viewing a summary of intervals.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    There is a week report, which shows multiple days in a more compact form, for the current week.
    Modifying intervals in Timewarrior

    Timewarrior Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Calendar View
    5.  Task Time Tracking
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  9. Track Work Time icon
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    Track Work Time

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    Android app to track your work time via WiFi or location and categorize each recorded intervall by a predefined client/task and a free text.

    1 Track Work Time alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  10. ARBTT icon
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    ARBTT

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    ARBTT, the Automatic Rule-Base Time Tracker, is a window logger that runs in background and logs for all opened windows:

    46 ARBTT alternatives
    Stats example

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Distraction-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Automatic time tracking
    6.  Rule based
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  11. Kapow icon
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    Kapow

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    Kapow is a punch clock program designed to easily keep track of your hours, whether you're working on one project or many. Simply clock in and out with the Start/Stop button. If you make a mistake in your hours, you can go back and edit any of the entries by double-clicking...

    56 Kapow alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Baralga icon
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    Baralga

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    Baralga keeps track of the time you spent working on different projects. You can record the time spent on a project or you can manually enter and edit activities. This way you can easily memorize when and how long you have been working on each single project.

    55 Baralga alternatives
    Main screen

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile

    Baralga Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Task Time Tracking
    3.  Track Activities
    Distribution of hours by project
    Excel report
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    Main screen
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  13. Traggo icon
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    Traggo

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    Traggo is a tag-based time tracking tool. In Traggo there are no tasks, only tagged time spans.

    13 Traggo alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Traggo Features

    1.  Tag based
    2.  Tagging
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  14. KTimeTracker icon
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    KTimeTracker

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    KTimeTracker helps you track your personal time spent on various tasks and projects. It is useful for tracking billable hours and can report the hours logged by task and day. With KTimeTracker, you can organize a broken-down project as subtasks with unlimited nesting.

    125 KTimeTracker alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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