# Kimai

Business application

A time-tracking foundation that connects work hours to customers, projects and activities.

## Why we recommend it

We recommend Kimai when your main question is who worked on which client or project and for how long.

## When to choose it

- Build project timesheets, agency time accounting or a reporting workflow connected to billing.

## What to consider

- Kimai uses Symfony rather than Laravel and is not a complete HR suite. Check the availability and terms of optional extensions and validate local time-recording requirements.

## Start with this project

Record a sample project week, review the report with a manager and test the required billing export.

Technology: PHP, Symfony, MySQL / MariaDB

License: AGPL-3.0-or-later

Default branch: main

Sources checked: 2026-10-25

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## Official sources

- [https://github.com/kimai/kimai](https://github.com/kimai/kimai)
- [https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/README.md](https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/README.md)
- [https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/LICENSE](https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/LICENSE)
- [https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/composer.json](https://github.com/kimai/kimai/blob/main/composer.json)