
The way I see it, if I can find/fork/build from scratch a working server-side component to do what I need, worst case scenario I just need to hire someone to build whatever native client apps are required for platforms X,Y,Z etc. But my priorities are something easier/possible to host on a Linux server (I dont want to rent a Mac Mini in a colo just for invoices) and something open source (I don't want to repeat this dance in 2 years when the next company decides its not viable anymore).
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Effectively, the way Toggl works - mostly web based, but with native 'timer' client apps - but self-hosted.Įdit: I should add, I'm not against a full native Mac app client to do what the Billings Client / Server Admin apps do now - I'd prefer it.

the basically the timer menu bar part from Billings ), with either an auto-export or auto sync feature, and I'll build a web app/http api to handle the invoicing/clients/etc part. Maybe it works for some others here.Īt this point, though, I'm actually just looking for a decent desktop app to handle the time-tracking part (i.e.

I did wonder for a while if Studiometry ( ) might be a viable option. But they've said that future versions of Bills Pro (the client app) will not support the self-hosted server. a clean OS install) so it's not so much a 'need this right now' problem. I've been using a macOS VM for Billings Server for a few years anyway (because their setup process reliably failed on the same step every time I tried reinstalling after e.g.

Well I'm glad someone else is in this 'situation' too.
