Open source timesheets give you control over code and hosting. Everhour adds managed team rules and approvals.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
| Day | Time In | Break Start | Break End | Break | Time Out | Total |
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The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.
One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.
Measurement
Track your budget through time or costs
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Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.
You came here to produce or evaluate a timesheet app that records actual work by person, day, project, and week. For U.S. payroll use, the baseline is practical: covered employers must keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, and those records must show hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
A good timesheet also separates billable and non-billable work, keeps comments tied to the right task, and preserves the original date of each entry. For billing, use U.S. dollars in rate and amount fields for U.S. clients unless the contract says otherwise. For payroll, keep the weekly total visible because FLSA overtime review uses a fixed 168-hour workweek.
Each entry needs a worker, date, project or client, task, start and stop time or duration, billable status, and notes when the work needs context. Teams that use approvals also need submitted, approved, rejected, and corrected states. Those states matter because a manager needs to know whether a weekly total is final or still open for edits.
For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must preserve daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek. Payroll records must be kept for at least three years, and basic time and earnings records, including time cards or sheets, must be kept for at least two years. The app should make retention possible without depending on one administrator's memory.
An open source timesheet app gives technical teams more control over deployment, code review, and data location. That control does not replace timekeeping policy. Covered nonexempt employees still need complete and accurate records, and covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate.
The biggest decision is ownership of maintenance. Someone must handle backups, access roles, updates, exports, and privacy controls. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. FTC guidance says companies keeping sensitive employee information should collect only what they need, protect it, and dispose of it securely.
A single open source app is enough when you need a simple weekly record, a controlled self-hosted setup, or a one-time export for a small team. It works best when one person owns configuration, checks missing entries, and exports records on a schedule. The app must still produce daily and weekly hour records that match the payroll or billing review process.
A managed workflow fits better when time entries feed approvals, project budgets, client invoices, and payroll review every week. Everhour Team Management adds lock rules, admin time correction, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, approval workflow, roles, project assignments, team groups, and team-wide policy defaults, so time records move through a consistent review path before they become reports or billing records.
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No. The license does not determine compliance. For U.S. FLSA recordkeeping, covered employers need accurate records for nonexempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The app must support the fields, retention, approvals, and corrections needed for the employer's actual payroll process.
A self-hosted timesheet should preserve worker identity, work date, daily hours worked, weekly totals, project or client, task, billable status, approval status, and correction history. Employers must keep payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, such as time cards or sheets, for at least two years.
The app license does not affect overtime calculations. Under the FLSA federal baseline, covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at at least one and one-half times the regular rate. State law, local law, policy, or a contract can add stricter rules.
Start and stop times make records easier to review because they show the shape of the workday, not just a daily total. A duration-only entry can still support a complete record if the employer's method is accurate, but start and stop fields reduce confusion when managers investigate missing hours, overlapping entries, or late corrections.
Access control matters most because timesheets identify workers, schedules, projects, and sometimes pay-related work patterns. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Covered businesses with California employees or job applicants should also account for CCPA employee-data obligations.
Everhour Team Management gives admins lock rules, approval workflows, personal tracking limits, weekly capacity, roles, project assignments, team groups, and team-wide policy defaults. Those controls help managers review time before payroll, billing, or reporting uses the records.
Everhour Reporting turns approved logged time into customizable reports with columns, grouping, filters, date ranges, and exports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF. Teams can review billable time, labor costs, project data, and invoice status without rebuilding timesheet summaries in a spreadsheet.
Use a one-off timesheet when a weekly total is enough. Use Everhour Team Management when tracked hours need locks, approvals, limits, roles, and capacity controls before payroll or billing.
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