In simple English
This tool helps you track the hours you spend on different tasks. Instead of strict project folders, you use custom tags like work, client, or meeting. You host the program on your own server so your data stays private. It runs inside Docker (a way to run a program inside its own sealed box, so it cannot break anything else on your server). You will need a small server and some basic comfort with the command line to get it running.
What it is
Traggo is an open-source, self-hosted time-tracking application written in Go (a programming language made by Google for building fast and reliable server software). It combines a web interface with a backend server to record, view, and analyze your tracked time spans.
What it is good for
Solo builders and freelancers who want complete ownership of their time logs and need a flexible way to categorize work without rigid project structures.
- No rigid tasks or projects, just flexible tag combinations.
- Includes visual dashboards, calendar views, and custom charts.
- Full data ownership with self-hosted privacy under a GPL-3.0 licence.
- Requires self-hosting, which takes setup effort and a running server.
- Setup requires familiarity with Docker and server administration.
- No official managed cloud option provided by the maintainers.
Toggl or manual spreadsheets for tracking work hours
Docker for running the container on a private server
- super-productivity/super-productivity23k stars
A todo list and time tracker with focus features, but runs as a desktop app rather than a self-hosted server.
- caprover/caprover15k stars
A web page that installs apps and databases onto one rented computer, and sorts out the addresses and certificates.
- google/slo-generator564 stars
Turns a written reliability target into a measured number and a remaining budget.
- vectordotdev/vector23k stars
One collector that gathers logs and numbers from machines and sends them to one or more monitoring services.
docker run -d -p 8030:3030 -v traggo-data:/root/.traggo traggo/server