Kimai
An open-source time tracking platform for managing project work and invoicing
- Also known as
- kimai
Available worldwide · Popular in: AT, DE
What is Kimai?
Kimai is an open-source time-tracking application that helps teams and freelancers monitor work hours, manage projects and tasks, and generate invoices for billing. It can be deployed as a cloud service or self-hosted.
Kimai pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From €2.99/user/month. 30-day free trial available.
Standard
For freelancers and small teams to manage time tracking and invoicing
- Project time tracking
- Billable and non-billable hours
- Invoicing
- Data export
- Audit logs
- Email support
Professional
For growing teams needing working time accounts, expenses and single sign-on
- All Standard features
- Working time account
- Holidays, vacation, sick leave management
- Custom fields
- Task management
- Client area
- Kiosk mode
- Daily backups
- SAML SSO
- Custom domain with SSL
What Kimai does
The capabilities that matter for time tracking, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Manual timesheet entry
- ✓
- Browser extension stopwatch
- -
- Automated background activity tracking
- -
- Project and task hierarchy
- ✓
- Billable hourly rates invoicing
- ✓
- Employee screenshot surveillance
- -
- Idle timeout detection
- -
- Geofencing gps tracking mobile
- -
- Jira asana trello native extensions
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Per user monthly
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (11)
Independently observed- Google Workspace
- Azure AD
- Authentik
- LDAP
- SAML
- Bexio
- GrandTotal
- Excel
- Chrome
- Rainmeter
- KDE Plasmoid
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 9 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Kimai FAQ
Common questions about Kimai, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Kimai?
A time tracking platform that enables businesses of all sizes to record working hours, manage projects, and generate invoices. Offers both managed cloud and self-hosted deployment options with support for unlimited users. It is indexed under Time Tracking.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
Is Kimai free?
Kimai offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at €2.99 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
What platforms does Kimai support?
Kimai supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
Can Kimai be self-hosted?
Yes. Kimai can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
What does Kimai integrate with?
We have confirmed 11 integrations for Kimai, including Google Workspace, Azure AD, Authentik, LDAP, SAML, Bexio, GrandTotal and Excel, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
What security certifications does Kimai have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Kimai. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Kimai not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Is Kimai open source?
Yes. Kimai is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/kimai/kimai
Where is Kimai available?
Kimai is available worldwide. Its primary markets are Austria and Germany. The vendor is headquartered in Austria.
Source: https://www.kimai.org/cs/pricing
Kimai alternatives
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Compare Kimai
Side by side against other time tracking, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kimai, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.08 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 95 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 49 | 0.09 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 31 | 0.09 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Security score | 58 | 0.04 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Stars | 70 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 22 | 0.06 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 36 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 8 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 68% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: per_user_monthly · Manual timesheet entry: Yes · Project and task hierarchy: Yes · Billable hourly rates invoicing: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 11 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | PHP | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | AGPL-3.0 | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: AT · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5.8 | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 9 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=kevinpapst%2Fkimai2&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://www.kimai.org/documentation/security.html | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
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