# Kimai

> Kimai (5.1k stars, 2.69.0 Oct 2026) is a PHP/Symfony time-tracking web app with timers, punch-in mode, teams, per-customer/project/user rates, budgets, reports, a JSON API and SAML/LDAP login. It creates invoices from billable timesheet records using invoice templates in several file formats. AGPL-3.0. Needs PHP 8.2+, MariaDB or MySQL and its own subdomain; Docker images exist. Extra features come from a paid and free plugin store. It is not accounting software: no online payment collection, bank feeds or ledger.

- Repository: https://github.com/kimai/kimai
- Official docs: https://www.kimai.org/documentation/
- Checked: 2026-10-16

## What it replaces
- FreshBooks: Invoices, Time tracking and billing for time (partial). Strong on time tracking and invoicing time; no online payments, bank feeds or accounting.
- QuickBooks Online: Time tracking and billing for time (partial). Replaces time tracking only.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Self-hosted (Docker or PHP server); Kimai Cloud also offered | https://github.com/kimai/kimai#installation | 2026-10-16 |
| Code licence | Partial | AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) | https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-16 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No separate model weights | https://github.com/kimai/kimai#readme | 2026-10-16 |
| Commercial use | Partial | Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms | https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-16 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | Core is free; some plugins in the plugin store are paid; optional cloud | https://github.com/kimai/kimai#plugins | 2026-10-16 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Software requirements listed (PHP 8.2+, MariaDB 10.6+ or MySQL 8.4+); no RAM or CPU figures | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Partial | Server with PHP 8.2+ and MariaDB/MySQL, Docker images, Synology; host OS not listed | https://github.com/kimai/kimai#requirements | 2026-10-16 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Medium; Docker Compose with Caddy guides, Docker images, or SSH install with Git and Composer | https://github.com/kimai/kimai#installation | 2026-10-16 |

GitHub: 5077 stars, 861 forks, last push 2026-10-16, archived: no.
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