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Ask HN: How do you track hours for a project?

5 pointsdekayed6 comments

I've recently started doing some freelance work that is billed by the hour and I feel like I spend too much time on figuring out how many hours I've worked.

I have searched for a solution and have found a few that might fit the bill, but wanted to ask the HN community what solutions work best for you. My short wishlist is:

Easy to start/stop timers Easy to edit times (I occasionally forget to stop a timer and need to subtract some time) Print out a report of hours for a given period of time Mobile device support

I use Toggl.com. They have a desktop app and an Android app.

I've tried a lot. My top three favorites are:

  * freshbooks
  * letsfreckle.com
  * emacs org-mode or planner-mode

As a web developer, I used the [Project Fork Plugin] for the Joomla CMS. You can even get mobile phone friendly templates for access when out of the office. Works great if you have your own server space and a sub domain.

Looking for a local solution? There's a well built Linux panel addition under [Project Hamster]. Its Slick, Fast & Simple with reports.

Harvest (getharvest.com I think) is pretty nice. I used the free plan for about 6 months til I outgrew it and the paid plan was $12/month. Really great time-entry system.

Agree Harvest is great and offers a built in invoicing system with reporting, plus it's cheap.

I just use Billings for OSX—simple timer in the menubar but it takes a few more steps to modify/delete timeslips compared to adding one.

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