Ok so i'm trying your hosted version of the app. New user. I get taken to the New Entry page...<p>I haven't got a project, i can't create a project on the new entry page so i have to go round the houses to add a project.<p>I haven't got any categories... where do i add categories as i can't do it from the New Entry page... oh it's under my name... so round the houses to do that...<p>once i have done that, adding an entry on todays date (the 8th) then shows a popup that says "Jared worked for 5 hours on blah yesterday"<p>hmmm
This seems like it would be good use of the new heroku button: <a href="https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2014/8/7/heroku-button" rel="nofollow">https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2014/8/7/heroku-button</a><p>I'm sure some people would like a one-click deploy of this app to their heroku account.
My company also open sourced our time tracking application (it can do more, like vacation requests and invoices). Right now only the backend API is open source, you can find it here [1] and documentation here [2]. It is a REST API secured via OAuth.<p>In the next few weeks we also want to open source our main client application, an AngularJS app.<p>It is probably a little too much tailored to our needs to be used somewhere else.<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/techdev-solutions/trackr-backend" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/techdev-solutions/trackr-backend</a>
[2] <a href="http://techdev-solutions.github.io/trackr-api-documentation/" rel="nofollow">http://techdev-solutions.github.io/trackr-api-documentation/</a>
First impression: feels undifferentiated. It doesn't seem to be particularly quick on the data entry, or particularly powerful on the analysis and reporting side. Perhaps there's something great about it, but if so at least I didn't get the message.
Haha, this is funny.<p>I interned 1 week at this company in 1991 as a 'snuffel-stage' while in high-school ( Kraneweg at the time ).<p>Congrats on the App!
The github project is over at <a href="https://github.com/DefactoSoftware/Hours" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/DefactoSoftware/Hours</a>
I too am developing an automatic time tracking application (for the Linux desktop, but I think it might be made to work cross-platform): the idea is that, you just install it, you might then optionally choose apps or files to identify your project activities, and it will auto-detect time spent within those apps; it will come with a pre-populated database of known apps so that it can handle most common activities automatically.<p>It works by monitoring current processes, and checking the title of the currently focused window, applying a number of regexes to identify an activity, and saving results to a database. It should be able to handle screen savers, visited URLs, and automatically take snapshots of unidentified windows so that you can later map them to a known activity.<p>I envisioned this tool for personal use; however, it could be deployed to monitor employees in a centralized manner, though this might even be illegal in many countries.
I think this would have a lot more value if integrated with ticket tracking systems which already contain a little of interesting information - type of tickets, type of work, component etc..
BUG report in trial: when i click on edit profile or categories i get signed out (latest Chrome on Linux). Probably the click is registered as a sign out.
It's really nice that one can host it on their own server, what are the minimum requirements? For example, 1 GB ram? Gitlab, another rails app, for example is a bit better with more. Are there any features that Hours offers that Harvest doesn't?
Haha, i noticed "Intern Overleg" on one of your screenshots. It's probably a strange word for non-dutch speakers ;)<p>It looks okay though, but i haven't tested it just yet.<p>Hello from Belgium ;)
Also noticed the two different icons being used (compare the 'clock' in the logo and the favicon), doesn't seem to a lot of thought is put into it.
It's these little details that users like me - who are usually willing to pay for services like these - are put off because most probably these details are just the ones on the surface.
I'll probably stick with <a href="http://www.tickspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tickspot.com</a>
I'm sorry, but your app lacks a lot of required functionality. Even for a lightweight time tracking app.<p>The statistics are very pretty but not very useful. The lacking of printable, full reports on project bases, is a dealbreaker for me. Also add a text field to the time entries, tags are often not sufficient. Also no date filtering? Only full hours, no half hours? The sidebar says I logged time for yesterday, if it was actually today. The edit userprofile link doesn't work.<p>Haven't you tested your app at all?