Open source Harvest alternatives
Every project in the catalog is MIT, Apache or BSD licensed. 0 projects explicitly describe themselves as a Harvest alternative; 6 more are in the category where Harvest is a typical product.
Open source projects in the same category: Time Tracking
Category-level information: these projects are the same kind of software as Harvest; they have not claimed to be a one-to-one replacement.
super-productivity · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- You can automatically import and manage tasks on platforms such as Jira, GitHub and GitLab.
- By creating timetables, you can track their runtime and report them.
- You can plan the working order with the Pomodoro timer and break reminders.
- • High number of open issues (1,404)
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Sync stabilization: work queue and session handoff (tracker)
“## Purpose This issue is the tracker and handover document for the sync stabilization work. - **Updated 2026-10-06 ~20:30 UTC** (maintainer session): open questions 1 and 3–8 are decided (see Decisions, 2026-10-06). #10495 is re-verified against master and #10549 is ready; both…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
[Feature] Flatpak package
“As a multiple-distribution user, I'd like to have the application packaged using Flatpak, to leverage its sandboxing features.”
Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source
Dayflow
80JerryZLiu · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- You follow your day with an auto-generated timeline from screen activity.
- You study the working order through daily standup reports and weekly summaries.
- By chatting with your time diary, you ask questions about your past activities.
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day
“Thanks, yeah I do need to flesh out the debugging options. In the menu bar you can click the Dayflow icon which should allow you to view the recordings folder. The sqlite db is in that folder too if you want to poke around there as well.”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day
“It would be useful for freelancers if Dayflow automatically detected the client they were working for, to count hours spent on client, similar to what toggl.com does but automated”
Wakapi
100muety · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- Using WakaTime clients, you can record encoding activities on a central server.
- You can review detailed statistics based on project, language and the editor used through the web interface.
- With weekly email reports and Prometheus integration, you can track development data.
- • NeutralHacker News
Automate hour tracking with Wakapi and Wakamonth
“Because I couldn't find any similar solution, I've come up with a small script (Wakamonth) on top of Wakapi/Wakatime, that allows me to get an overview of worked hours at the end of the month, without me having to write down this manually. Any thoughts about it or similar…”
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Automate hour tracking with Wakapi and Wakamonth
“Wakapi is great! I'm using it for a couple of months now on a simple VPS. I like that it is written in Golang (quite fast) and feels polished. There is a recent instruction video about Wakatime & Wakapi which is a nice way to get a quick overview:”
GothenburgBitFactory · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- You compile and install the source code on your own system using the CMake and C++ compiler
- You perform time tracking with simple stopwatch features
- You edit time logs by logging back data based on calendar
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Extension API: add used range / hints to temp
“When using the extension API ( the config currently contains ```py 'temp.config': '...', 'temp.db': '...', 'temp.extensions': '...', 'temp.report.end': '...', 'temp.report.start': '...', 'temp.report.tags': '...', 'temp.version': '1.9.1', ``` when accessed via…”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Rethinking the :adjust hint
“> I think we need a separate hint: The adjust hint bears the problem that changing a start date towards the past might accidentally delete other intervals, at the same time if you have two intervas back to back and you want to move the start time of the latter one back, it…”
johannesjo · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- You track time by importing tasks on platforms such as Jira, GitHub or GitLab
- You organize working habits with Pomodoro timer and break reminders
- You sync your data between devices with SuperSync, Dropbox or WebDAV supports
Watson
74TailorDev · Time Tracking
Common commercial products in this category: Toggl Track, Harvest, Clockify
- Start time tracking by specifying project and label through the terminal
- Stopping work sessions will display the time and details that have passed
- List past work sessions with log command
- • Website is unreachable (checked: 2026-10-31)
- • NeutralHacker News
IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016)
“This is not just Watson and IBM. Many, many people in AI make grandiose claims and throw around big words like "Natural Language Understanding" "scene understanding" or "object recognition" etc. And it is a very old problem, at least from the time of Drew McDermot and…”
- • NeutralHacker News
IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016)
“I attended the IBM Connections conference in Vegas shortly after the Jeopardy! thing and just after IBM started using Watson as a brand under which it lumped a bunch of analytics products. From questions and comments made, during some of the sessions I attended, it became clear…”