a reporting tool for freelancers

Who is already building this From data

• Kimai is the largest clear competitor found: it has 4,855 stars, was last pushed on 2026-08-02, and markets itself as time tracking with reports and invoices for freelancers, companies, and organisations.

  • github kimai/kimai 2016-10-20

• Toggl is not in the competitor table here, but the signals still show it being used as the default mental model for billable-hour reporting; one HN commenter said they use it for freelancers, employees, different projects, reporting, and invoicing.

  • hackernews Ask HN: How do you keep track of billable hours? 2014-06-28

• ClockClock is a small but still maintained open-source option with 3 stars, last pushed on 2026-05-12, and it includes live timer, multi-client entries, reports with CSV/PDF export, OIDC/SSO, and role-based access.

  • github ArgonQQ/ClockClock 2026-04-01

• Trackable is another maintained open-source tool with 7 stars, last pushed on 2026-07-01, focused on self-hosted time tracking with monthly reports and email summaries.

  • github webCommits/trackable 2026-02-26

• Several tiny dead or slow projects also cover adjacent territory, including freelance-project-manager with 14 stars and last push in 2015, and swati1024/torrents with 104 stars but no push since 2020-02-23.

  • github stoopkid1/freelance-project-manager 2014-06-06
  • github swati1024/torrents 2020-02-23

What people actually say From data

• "I’ve been searching for an app to enhance my planning and reporting as a creative freelancer, and I feel like Neo at the start of the Matrix at this point." This is a direct complaint that existing tools are hard to find and do not fit the workflow cleanly.

  • hackernews Ask HN: What’s a good Trello or Notion alt for freelance planning and reporting? 2022-06-17

• "I’ve been speaking to a few freelancers and tutors who didn’t even realise this change was coming." This shows reporting needs can be triggered by tax-rule changes, not just productivity tooling.

  • hackernews Ask HN: How are UK sole traders preparing for quarterly tax reporting (MTD)? 2026-02-26

• "The UK is moving self-employed people from yearly tax reporting to quarterly updates under Making Tax Digital." This discussion ties freelancer reporting to compliance pressure, not just dashboards.

  • hackernews Ask HN: How are UK sole traders preparing for quarterly tax reporting (MTD)? 2026-02-26

• "The pressure to please their editors and stoke their viewer base with a consistent narrative must be immense." This is about journalism, not freelancers generally, so it is only weakly relevant to reporting workflows.

  • hackernews Now what? The collateral damage of a tech backlash 2021-01-12

• No stackexchange signals were available, so there are no unsolved-question threads to quote here.

People asking to be sold to From data

• "Most freelancers don't need a CRM for reporting, they need a reporting tool that handles the client management piece as a byproduct." This is the clearest stated want in the data.

  • tavily Freelancers : r/b2bmarketing

• "Give freelancers a clear safety reporting path" is a direct product request from a GitHub issue, showing willingness to adopt reporting flows when they solve a real pain.

  • githubissues Give freelancers a clear safety reporting path 2026-06-09

• "Build a time tracker where freelancers log billable hours by project, generate time reports, and convert tracked time into invoices automatically" is another explicit request, even though it is closer to time tracking than pure reporting.

  • githubissues Build a time tracker where freelancers log billable hours by project, generate time reports, and convert tracked time into invoices automatically Audience: Fre 2026-01-31

• "Client report workflow with a failure-alert layer — silent failures cost client trust" shows a buyer already productizing reporting automation for agencies and freelancers.

  • discourse Client report workflow with a failure-alert layer — silent failures cost client trust 2026-07-06

Competitor strength From data

Counted, not judged. Only projects that expose a hard number — stars, downloads, last commit — appear here, so they stop looking identical to each other. Products with no public metrics are discussed above instead of being given a row they cannot fill.

• 3 open source
• 1 active
• 1 slow
• 1 dead
• 6 first-hand complaints
• 1 stated wants
• 2 communities discussing it

Domain names From data

Checked live against the registry, built from the subject of the idea rather than the first words of the sentence. A literal check is a fact; a brandable suggestion would be noise.

• freelancerreporting.com available
• freelancerreporting.io available
• freelancer.com taken
• getfreelancer.com taken