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KimaivsUrbit

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

KimaiUrbit
Score72/10063/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Time Tracking#3 of 8 in Operating System
GitHub stars5 1133 622
Stars, last 30 days+70+5
Stable releases, 12 months236
Latest release2.71.0 · 25 Oct 2026408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPhoon

Which one should you pick?

Kimai scores 72/100 against 63/100 for Urbit, so it is the safer default.

Kimai ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Urbit.

If you want the quickest setup, Kimai is easier to run; Urbit needs more configuration.

Kimai is growing faster right now (+70 stars in 30 days).

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