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Solidtime vs Kimai
Pick Solidtime if you want the published Toggl / Harvest / Everhour stack (an AGPL-3.0 Toggl-shaped timer with a Toggl import). Pick Kimai if you want that AGPL-3.0 timesheet plus invoicing.
Facts checked 27 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Solidtime in the catalog Kimai in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Solidtime | Kimai | |
|---|---|---|
| License | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (catalog) source | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | PHP (catalog) | PHP (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 9,041 stars in the catalog; last push 26 Oct 2026 source | 5,100 stars in the catalog; last push 26 Oct 2026 source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/solidtime-time. A timer, a project, a Toggl import. | Timesheets plus invoicing. Official docs at kimai.org. |
| Best for | The published Toggl / Everhour replacement. | Bill from time if Solidtime is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Solidtime is the published lander — /stacks/solidtime-time. Solidtime is solidtime-io/solidtime (AGPL-3.0; 9,041 stars in the catalog). Kimai is kimai/kimai (AGPL-3.0; 5,100 stars in the catalog). ActivityWatch is the automatic RescueTime path — /replace/rescuetime. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Everhour or Toggl?
- Same published timer — /replace/everhour and /replace/toggl.
- Where is ActivityWatch?
- Automatic tracking — /replace/rescuetime. Not this pair.
- Are these free?
- Both are AGPL-3.0. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy Solidtime?
- Open /stacks/solidtime-time. Persist the database. Create one project and one timer.
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