The open-source Harvest alternative

Harvest is a popular choice for time tracking with invoicing, but it comes with per-seat pricing that adds up quickly for growing teams, and your data lives entirely on Harvest's servers. Logr offers the same core workflow — track time, bill clients, send invoices — as a free, open-source, self-hostable alternative. With Logr you pay nothing, own your database, and can audit or modify the entire codebase under AGPL-3.0. Shareable invoice links let clients view their invoices in a browser without creating an account.

Switching from Harvest

Harvest lets you export your time entries as CSV files. Logr can import those files directly, preserving your project and client history so you can continue billing without interruption.

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   Export your data from HarvestIn Harvest, go to Reports → Detailed Report → Export. Download the CSV — you can export all historical data.
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   Import into LogrOpen the Import panel in the Logr dashboard and upload your Harvest CSV. Clients and projects are created automatically from the data.
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   Resume billing from where you left offYour time history is in place. Set hourly rates per client, mark entries as billable, and generate your first invoice from unbilled sessions.

Why self-host your time tracker?

When you self-host Logr, your time entries, client names, billing rates, and invoices are stored in your own Postgres database — not on a vendor's servers. That matters for freelancers working with NDAs, agencies handling sensitive client projects, and anyone who has watched a beloved SaaS tool sunset or triple its pricing overnight.

• ✓No vendor lock-in — export or migrate anytime, it is your database.
• ✓No per-seat fees — self-hosted Logr is free for any team size.
• ✓Audit the code — AGPL-3.0 means every line is public and verifiable.
• ✓Deploy anywhere — Vercel, Railway, Fly.io, your own VPS.