Time tracking is something that more and more modern businesses use to track the productivity of their employees. One could say that time-tracking apps are essential for increasing profitability.

Time-tracking your work as an individual (or a self-employed worker) can also yield amazing results in terms of productivity as it allows you to get crucial information regarding your work patterns, and it can also help you create accurate invoices based on billable hours.

Time Tracker is an application that's mostly built for individuals. It's a free, open-source, local-first time-tracking Linux app that covers a wide range of bases.

Granted, in terms of app names "Time Tracker" is not exactly exciting. Nevertheless, Time Tracker offers a lot more than one might think at first (me included).

One of the best aspects of this app is that it can be used as a simple local time-tracking solution for basic tasks and projects, but it can also be used as a more comprehensive time-tracking tool.

To be more precise, Time Tracker has the ability to sync with multiple computers via cloud-based services, and it even comes with support for network storage (or your own cloud stage).

Time Tracker is an app built primarily for GNOME desktop environments, but you shouldn't expect much in terms of system integrations. Still, the app has a lot going for it.

As expected, the app is very good at tracking the amount of time spent on various projects. I really enjoyed the fact that I could create custom time trackers. Another neat thing is that these trackers can continue to track the same project (when closing and reopening the app), including the time when the app was closed.

In terms of synchronization, the app allows users to sync data via a local file (you can use either your computer's home directory or app's default system directory).

Time Tracker also boasts a simplistic yet efficient reporting system. It allows you to view how much time you've spent on each project during the current day, the current week, or the last week. The app also saves daily backups, and you can even specify the exact number of past backups to be preserved.

All things considered (and keeping in mind this is a free and open-source app), Time Tracker is one of the more interesting time-tracking apps I've tried. I like the fact that it can be used as a simple time-tracking tool and that it has cloud and sync support for those who need it.