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Open source alternatives to Toggl

We track 5 open-source Toggl alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. solidtime leads on health at 96/100 with 118 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, MPL-2.0.

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36k
Combined stars
276
Commits / 90 days
2
With Docker
Licence family Licence

Showing 5 of 5 tools

All 5 Toggl alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    solidtime

    96 GOOD

    Modern time tracking application for freelancers and agencies.

    ★ 8.9k · ⟳ today · v0.20.0 · AGPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Kimai

    85 GOOD

    Track work time and print out a summary of your activities on demand.

    ★ 5k · ⟳ today · 2.67.0 · AGPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Traggo

    59 SLOWING

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

    ★ 1.6k · ⟳ 2 months ago · v0.8.3 · GPL-3.0

    DockerGo
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • TimeTagger

    46 SLOWING

    An open source time-tracker based on an interactive timeline and powerful reporting.

    ★ 1.8k · ⟳ 4 months ago · v26.1.3 · GPL-3.0

    Python
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Toggl alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Toggl?

solidtime scores highest at 96/100, with 118 commits in the last 90 days, 8.9k GitHub stars and its latest release (v0.20.0) published 14 days ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.

Which Toggl alternatives use a permissive licence?

1 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): ActivityWatch (MPL-2.0). 4 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Toggl alternatives run in Docker?

2 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: solidtime, Traggo. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.