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Record hours against projects, clients and activities; assign custom hourly rates per team member or task; and export clean timesheets and PDF invoices directly from the dashboard — without paying per seat.\n\nThe application ships as a single Apache\u002FPHP container backed by MySQL 8. ServOrbit provisions the full stack automatically: database, application, volumes and reverse proxy are ready in under a minute. At rest, Kimai uses roughly 150–200 MB of RAM, so it runs comfortably on the smallest VPS plan.\n\nKimai is used by thousands of freelancers, agencies and in-house IT teams worldwide. Its REST API integrates with Jira, GitLab, Slack and many HR tools; a plugin ecosystem extends invoicing, SAML\u002FOIDC SSO and custom report formats. Because the server is yours, there is no monthly subscription, no telemetry and no vendor lock-in.",[24,25,26,27,28,29,30],"Time tracking by project, client and activity — custom hourly rates per user, project or activity","Multi-user with role-based permissions: create teams, assign projects, set per-member rates","Invoice generation from timesheets — PDF and HTML templates, directly from the dashboard","Detailed reports: weekly, monthly, per project, per client, per user — exportable to CSV\u002FXLSX","REST API + plugin ecosystem — connect Jira, GitLab, Slack, SAML\u002FOIDC SSO and Toggl importer","Single Docker container (Apache + PHP + MySQL 8) — under 200 MB RAM at idle","MIT licence — no per-seat fee, no telemetry, your data on your server forever",[32,35,38],{"title":33,"body":34},"Freelance billing","Log every hour spent on a client project, assign your hourly rate and let Kimai build the invoice. Export a branded PDF directly from the dashboard — no spreadsheet, no third-party billing SaaS, and no monthly subscription eating into your margin.",{"title":36,"body":37},"Agency team management","Create one Kimai user per team member, assign them to client projects with individual rates, and pull consolidated reports at the end of the month. Spot over- or under-budget projects in real time before the invoice goes out.",{"title":39,"body":40},"IT project time accounting","Track internal IT effort across support tickets, development sprints and infrastructure work. The Jira and GitLab plugins link commits and issues to time entries automatically, giving you accurate data for cost allocation and retrospectives.",[42,45,48,51,54],{"title":43,"body":44},"Create your VPS","Kimai runs on the smallest ServOrbit VPS plan. The stack — Apache\u002FPHP container plus MySQL 8 — uses roughly 150–200 MB of RAM. No domain name is required: you can access Kimai via SSH tunnel immediately after deployment and add a domain later for team-wide access.",{"title":46,"body":47},"Deploy Kimai from the Marketplace","In your ServOrbit client area: Marketplace → ERP & Business Management → Kimai → Deploy. The stack starts in about 60 seconds. Three Docker volumes persist your data: `kimai_db` (MySQL data), `kimai_data` (uploaded files) and `kimai_public` (avatars).",{"title":49,"body":50},"Log in for the first time","Your admin credentials are shown on the app card in the ServOrbit client area immediately after deployment: login `admin@kimai.local`, password generated automatically. Access without a domain: open an SSH tunnel with `ssh -L 8080:127.0.0.1:\u003Cport> root@\u003Cyour-vps-ip>`, then visit `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:8080`.",{"title":52,"body":53},"Create your first project and client","In the sidebar, go to **Customers**, add a client with a name and currency. Then go to **Projects**, create a project linked to that client and set a budget or hourly rate. Add **Activities** under the project to categorise the type of work.",{"title":55,"body":56},"Start tracking time","Click the **▶** timer button at the top of any page, select the project and activity, and Kimai starts counting. Stop the timer when done. Recorded entries appear in **Timesheets**; filter by period or project to build a report, then click **Create invoice** to generate a PDF ready to send to your client.",[58,61,64,67,70],{"q":59,"a":60},"What is Kimai?","Kimai is an MIT-licensed open-source time tracking application. It lets you record hours by project, client and activity; assign custom hourly rates; generate timesheets and PDF invoices; and produce detailed reports — all hosted on your own VPS, with no per-seat subscription and no vendor lock-in.",{"q":62,"a":63},"Does Kimai require a domain name?","No. Kimai works immediately via SSH tunnel: `ssh -L 8080:127.0.0.1:\u003Cport> root@\u003Cyour-vps-ip>`, then `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:8080`. For browser access from anywhere, attach a domain from your ServOrbit dashboard or use the free `{app}.{dns_slug}.servorbit-dns.com` subdomain included with every VPS.",{"q":65,"a":66},"How do I log in for the first time?","Your admin credentials are displayed on the app card in the ServOrbit client area right after deployment: login `admin@kimai.local` and a randomly generated password. Once logged in, you can change the email address and password from your profile settings.",{"q":68,"a":69},"Can I generate invoices with Kimai?","Yes. Kimai includes a built-in invoice module. Filter timesheet entries by client and date range, then click **Create invoice** to produce a PDF or HTML document. You can customise the template (logo, colours, payment terms) from the invoice settings.",{"q":71,"a":72},"How do I back up my Kimai data?","All data lives in three Docker volumes: `kimai_db` (MySQL database), `kimai_data` (uploaded files) and `kimai_public` (avatars). Back them up with `rsync` or SFTP, or use `mysqldump` for a SQL export of the database. Kimai also exports timesheets to CSV and XLSX from the interface.",{"cpu":74,"ram":75,"disk":76,"license":77,"port":78},"1 vCPU","150–200 MB (Kimai + MySQL)","MySQL — varies with timesheet volume","MIT","8001",[],[81,88],{"name":82,"slug":83,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":84,"categoryColor":85,"logo":19,"tagline":86,"description":87},"Wallos","wallos","ERP & Business Management","text-orange-400 bg-orange-500\u002F10","Wallos: self-hosted subscription tracker — centralize all your recurring expenses on your VPS, multi-currency and fully private.","Open-source self-hosted subscription tracker: centralize all your recurring expenses — cloud, software and services — on your own VPS. Multi-currency, visual reports and payment reminders, zero third-party data.",{"name":89,"slug":90,"categorySlug":13,"categoryName":84,"categoryColor":85,"logo":19,"tagline":91,"description":92},"Actual Budget","actual-budget","Zero-based budgeting for a household or a small team: the self-hosted alternative to YNAB — envelopes, multi-device sync and bank imports.","Self-hosted zero-based budgeting (envelope method): assign every amount you receive, track your envelopes in real time and sync your devices from your own VPS.",[94,95],"self-host-wallos-vps","self-host-actual-budget-vps",{"key":12,"slug":13,"name":84,"objective":97,"icon":12,"color":85},"Run commercial and administrative operations.",1789046231670]