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Super Productivity vs Kimai
Super Productivity has 22,101 GitHub stars, 2,053 forks, 1,480 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Kimai has 5,005 stars, 844 forks, 350 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Super Productivity leads on adoption by 342% (22,101 vs 5,005 stars). Super Productivity is written in TypeScript under MIT; Kimai is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0. Super Productivity has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Kimai 17%. Super Productivity was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Super Productivity | Kimai | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 22K | ★ 5.0K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.1K | ⑂ 844 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Super Productivity if
- You weight community size — 22K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Kimai if
- You want the Kimai feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Kimai fits your workflow better
About Super Productivity
Super Productivity is an open source task manager written in TypeScript and released under the MIT license. It lives in the productivity and utilities ecosystem, specifically within time and task management. The project provides an advanced todo list with timeboxing, time tracking, habit tracking, and integrations with issue trackers and calendars.
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About Kimai
Kimai is a free and open source, web based time tracking application written in PHP on the Symfony framework, licensed under AGPL 3.0. It is built as a multi user, multi timezone and multi language system that handles the time tracking use cases of freelancers as well as companies with dozens or hundreds of users. The project lives in the PHP ecosystem, stores its data in MariaDB or MySQL through Doctrine, and renders its interface with Tabler. It is distributed both as a self hosted on premise application and as a hosted SaaS version at kimai.cloud.
read the full Kimai overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Super Productivity or Kimai more popular?
Super Productivity has 22,101 GitHub stars and Kimai has 5,005. Super Productivity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Super Productivity and Kimai free?
Both are open source. Super Productivity is licensed under MIT and Kimai under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Super Productivity and Kimai?
Super Productivity is written in TypeScript and Kimai in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Super Productivity or Kimai?
Choose Super Productivity if you want the larger community (22,101 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Kimai if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.