Timer Alternatives for Linux

Timer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is DeskTime. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try HyperTimer or KTimer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Timer and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Timer are CookTimer, MPRIS Timer, Baralga and KTimeTracker.

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  1. DeskTime icon
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    Automated time tracking runs in the background, analyzing productivity and efficiency in real time. Tracks work hours, categorizes app and web usage, manages projects, schedules shifts, integrates with major tools, and includes privacy and break features.

    256 DeskTime alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. HyperTimer icon
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    A visual countdown timer designed to require minimal effort to read and provide a reliable time reference. Primarily useful for people suffering from ADHD, but not limited to that group.

    7 HyperTimer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. KTimer icon
     3 likes

    It allows you to enter several tasks and to set a timer for each of them. The timers for each task can be started, stopped, changed, or looped.

    54 KTimer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • KDE
     
  4. CookTimer icon
     11 likes

    CookTimer is a simple cross-platform countdown timer that helps when cooking, making tea or eggs. It also works for any other timing purpose such as working out. it was developed using wxWidgets and was tested on Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. MPRIS Timer icon
     1 like

    Timer app with seamless GNOME integration accomplished by pretending to be a media player. Ultimately, serves the only purpose — to start a timer quickly and efficiently. Notifications included! Utilizing GTK4, Adwaita and MPRIS interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
     
  6. Baralga icon
     9 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
     
  7. KTimeTracker icon
     12 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Kronometer icon
     2 likes

    It features the basic stopwatch actions (pause/resume/reset/laps), as well as the ability to save the times and resume them later. Kronometer is part of the KDE Extragear collection, within the Utils sub-module.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. TimenTask icon
     3 likes

    An application that allows to automate and monitor business. Helps in increasing productivity of team by 30% to 40% and save business running cost. Employee Monitoring, Location + Time Tracking, Work Management, Desktop Recording & Chat

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. Hourglass is a PSP (Personal Software Process) time tracking utility written in Java. It allows users to track the time spent on various programming (or other) tasks, and provides reporting mechanisms for analyzing the use of their time.

    63 Hourglass Time Tracking alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
     
  11. This is a simple app that creates a timer, and when time finishes, a sound is played. It has two modes, GUI mode for user interface and terminal/console mode to execute and use it from a terminal emulator/command prompt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. CubeTimer icon
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    Cube Timer is a simple 3x3 Rubiks Cube Timer application for the gnome desktop. Just long press the space-bar and start solving.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
     
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