Time tracking

Automatic Time TrackingRecords apps, websites and documents — no timers to start. Time Tracking with ScreenshotsScreenshots on your timeline as visual proof of work. Idle and Away Time TrackingDetects time away and lets you classify what happened. Specialized Automatic TrackingCaptures Git branches, file paths, window titles and URLs. Workplace TrackingDetects office or remote work automatically by IP rules.

Project & Task Management

Assign Time to Project or TaskAssign recorded activity to the right client, project or task. Auto-Tagging RulesRules sort tracked activity into projects and tags. Powerful SearchFind any activity, period or tag across your timeline. Standardized Allowed TagsA team-wide tag structure for clean, comparable reports.

Reports & Billing

Time Tracking ReportsOvertime, attendance, productivity and usage reports. Automated Email Time ReportsDaily, weekly or monthly reports delivered to inboxes. Invoice from TimesheetTurn approved timesheets into invoices, no re-entry. Productivity CategorizationRate apps and websites by productivity, per team. Timesheet ReportingBillable-ready timesheets with rounding and templates.

Attendance & Leave

Attendance and Vacation TrackingAttendance from real activity, leave quotas and approvals. Work Time and Overtime TrackingTrack presence, overtime and late arrivals with rules.

Deployment, Privacy & Integrations

Integrations and Time Tracking APIJira, GitHub, Asana, REST API and direct database access. Cloud or On-PremiseFast cloud setup or full data control on your servers. Privacy ControlDecide what is recorded, when, and what is shared. MCP Server for AI Time TrackingAsk Claude and other AI tools about your tracked time. Self-Hosted Time Tracking DeploymentRun ManicTime Server on Docker or Azure, under your control.

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Time tracking your whole team will actually use

ManicTime Cloud tracks time automatically for every team member in the background. No timers, no manual entries, no chasing people to fill in their timesheets. Set it up once and everyone's time is captured from day one.

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Why time tracking breaks down in small teams

Most time tracking tools assume either a solo user or an enterprise with an IT department. Small teams fall in between — and usually end up with half the team tracking inconsistently and the other half not at all.

Billable hours slip through the cracks

Small tasks and quick context switches disappear when team members rely on memory at the end of the week. Across a whole team, those missed minutes add up to real lost revenue.

Inconsistent tracking makes reports useless

If some team members track carefully and others guess at the end of the week, any project report becomes unreliable. You cannot make billing or planning decisions on data you cannot trust.

Chasing the team for timesheets eats manager time

Every Friday turns into a reminder loop. The data you finally get is late, incomplete, and reconstructed from memory — so the reports built on it are barely worth running.

Up and running in three steps

Sign up for ManicTime Cloud

Create an account and set up your team workspace in a few minutes. No server to install, no IT department needed — just a sign-up and you are ready to invite your team.

Invite your team members

Send invites to your team. Each person installs the ManicTime client on their machine — available for Windows, Mac, and Linux — and their time starts being captured automatically from that moment.

Review time and run team reports

Each person reviews and tags their own time to shared projects. As a manager or team lead, the shared dashboard shows time across the whole team — broken down by project, client, or person — without anyone having to submit anything manually.

Features

Features that work for small teams

Automatic tracking for everyone

Every team member's time is captured automatically in the background. No one needs to remember to start a timer — which means the data is actually there when you need it.

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Shared project and client tags

Define which projects and clients exist once, and every team member tags time to the same list. Reports are consistent from day one — no mismatches, no manual cleaning.

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Team-wide timesheet reports

Export time reports across the whole team filtered by person, project, client, or date range. Suitable for client billing, internal planning, and project post-mortems.

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Automated weekly team reports

Schedule automatic email summaries so the team lead always has a weekly overview of where time went — without chasing anyone for their timesheet.

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Project and client attribution

Each person reviews their captured timeline and assigns time to the right project or client. Auto-tagging rules handle recurring patterns automatically.

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Individual privacy controls

Team members control what gets tracked in the first place. A tracking schedule limits capture to work hours, and off-the-record mode lets anyone pause tracking instantly.

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Trusted by small teams since 2008

ManicTime has been tracking time since 2008. Over 1 million downloads, 13,000+ customers, and 200,000+ licenses — many of them small teams, consultancies, and agencies who needed accurate project time without the overhead of an enterprise deployment.

Small teams often discover that the biggest obstacle to useful time data is not tool quality — it is adoption. When nobody has to remember to start or stop a timer, the whole team ends up with complete records. Automatic tracking removes the step that kills adoption in every other tool.

ManicTime Cloud requires no server, no IT involvement, and no configuration beyond client installation. Most small teams are fully operational within a single day.

Questions & answers

FAQ

How many users can I add?
ManicTime Cloud supports teams of any size. Pricing is per user per month, so you only pay for the people currently on your team. You can add or remove users at any time.
Does everyone need to install something?
Yes. Each team member installs the ManicTime client on their machine. The client is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Installation takes a few minutes and tracking starts automatically from that point — no configuration needed.
Can I see my whole team's time as a manager?
Yes. As an administrator, you can view time reports across the whole team, filtered by person, project, client, or date range. Individual team members see only their own detailed activity timeline.
What if someone uses a personal machine for work?
Each team member can configure a tracking schedule so ManicTime only runs during work hours, and use off-the-record mode to pause tracking instantly.
How do we make sure everyone uses the same project names?
ManicTime lets administrators define an allowed tag list — a shared set of project and client names that everyone on the team uses. This ensures reports are consistent and comparable across all team members.
Can we switch to on-premise later if we need to?
Yes. If your team grows or your organisation requires data to stay on your own infrastructure, you can migrate to a self-hosted ManicTime Server. The workflow and data structure are identical — the switch is a configuration change, not a new product.
Do we need IT involvement to set this up?
No. ManicTime Cloud requires no server setup, no firewall configuration, and no IT department. Any team member with admin access can set up the workspace and invite the team in minutes.
Customers

Our customer opinions

This software automatically tracks the time you spend on your computer. When you step away from your computer for a certain length of time (set by user), it will prompt you to tag that time. For example, if I'm getting coffee and have a 20 minute chat about the weekend, I tag it as personal. But if I have a chat about an upcoming or existing project, I tag it about that project. For the tasks you do on the computer, it can save screenshots every X seconds (again, set by user), so that you can have a reminder when you go to do your billing what each task was for.
Katie
I like this application because with manic time we can verify who does their right job. And we also have better control because we can choose the best workers to increase production works very well and without errors.
Mary
Just wanted to let you know that I think your software has helped me capture $1000's of dollars in revenue that I just wasn't billing before, as I wasn't doing a very good job of tracking my time. With ManicTime I get it all, and if I were ever to be audited by a client, I could give them every detail. Thanks so much!
Oliver
I like that it tracks inactive time on the computer so that you can remember when you started working and when you stopped, and when you took breaks. Very easy to use, I don't have to remember to log in and the app does everything for me without me even doing anything except installing the program. It shows exactly what page and project you were working on and for how long and when.
Adam
There is a lot to love about Manic Time. It was easy to use and did way more than I was expecting from it. The reporting was informative. The editing was awesome. Tagging and managing the time tracked is robust, yet simple. It is great at taking the tracking out of time tracking. It just does 90% for you. The last 10% is tagging and validating. It really does an amazing job at showing how much time is wasted on mundane tasks or mindless browsing. I handed in my time to a project manager. He asked how I knew I worked 3.28 hours on a specific task. "Manic Time" was my answer.
Richard
Just renewed my licence for another year Just thought I'd let you know that this is one of the best pieces of software I've ever installed on my computer, free or paid for. I run my own business which principally relies on writing technical reports. ManicTime has made it so much easier to track my time over the various projects and therefore manage my fees and costs. (And your support has been excellent when I have had the odd problem).
Gary
ManicTime’s ease of use is unmatched, thanks to its intuitive interface and flexible granularity in time-tracking. The power to dive as deep as you need into data with comprehensive tagging and reporting systems is a significant upside. Its vast number of features like document, application, and activity trackers streamline the process of managing and analyzing time efficiently. Moreover, ManicTime’s advanced search capabilities, coupled with the functionality to annotate tagged time, make it a vital tool for enhancing productivity and recalling information during discussions.
Joshua

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Time tracking and its importance in business operations are discussed in this episode. Dr. Steve Day shares update on their time tracking policies, including the use of new apps and tools such as ManicTime, particularly focusing on the implementation of screenshot tracking.

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I do contract work and manage multiple projects where I bounce between projects on an almost by the minute basis. Once tagging is setup I can easily tag all my activities as I do them and my time accumulates in each project bucket. At the end of the day my timesheet is a breeze. This is the best tool I have found so far for a work style that involves heavy duty multi-tasking. I don't know what I would do without ManicTime. Well designed and thought out product.
Brenda
The interface is very intuitive and easy to use. The ability to tag and color-code my work allows me to see at a glance how my day has been going. I can organize and structure things as much or as little as I like. What a great product!
Judy
It provides with useful reports which track and monitor the computer usage of employees, as well as the time spent on each computer program or application. Also the presence of an automatic screenshot feature resulted in an increase in my employees’ productivity. It runs automatically on my computer, great.
Amanda

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