GitLab time tracking integration

Track time in GitLab, stay on budget, analyze reports and automate payroll.
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Time tracking and estimates inside GitLab

Why Everhour is the best time tracking integration for GitLab on the market?

1. Quick setup

When you connect GitLab with Everhour timesheet app, we will automatically sync your projects so that your team can start tracking time right away. No manual project setup required. Free sign up.

2. Less employee teaching

You don’t need to explain to your staff how to use additional employee time tracking software. Time tracking controls will appear right inside the GitLab interface, making it easy for them to track time.

3. Accuracy

Employees often forget to track time as it's not convenient for them to switch between time clock app and project management app. Everhour eliminates these steps and improves time tracking accuracy.

4. Estimates are always in front of you

Everhour shows time vs. estimate beside task titles. When the entire team sees progress on tasks, they will hold you accountable for ensuring work is done.

5. Automatic updates

GitLab time tracking reports let you organize reported time using various information from your GitLab tasks such as tags, milestones, or custom fields. So you can dive deeper into tracked work hours analysis to get more accurate results.

6. Detailed reports

GitLab time tracking reports let you organize reported time using various information from your GitLab tasks such as tags, sections, or custom fields. So you can dive deeper into analysis to get more accurate results.

How to track time in GitLab

Step 1: Create an Everhour account

Sign up for free and install our browser extension. This is how we embed controls into the GitLab interface. We support all popular browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.
Step 2: Connect Everhour and GitLab

After signup, Everhour will automatically sync all your projects. Sync happens periodically so all new projects that you create in GitLab will be visible in Everhour reports. Everhour also updates the names of tasks or projects if they were renamed in GitLab. This way Everhour reports will always show you the freshest data.
Step 3: Invite your team

You need to invite your team to join Everhour. They will also need to connect their GitLab accounts and install our browser extension. Only those you invite into Everhour will be able to track time and see time progress (not necessarily all GitLab users). Your clients or guests will not see anything in GitLab unless you invite them.
Step 4: Track time inside GitLab

You can track time using the timer or log time manually. You’ll see the time reported by each employee and its progress.
Step 5: Track time via free browser extension

You don't necessarily need to open GitLab or Everhour website. By clicking on the timer icon in the browser toolbar you can quickly start the timer, add time to any task, edit time or estimate, and more.
Step 6: Make custom reports with GitLab data

There are a number of columns that show specific data coming from GitLab. Open GitLab time tracking report builder and select any of the columns to display the data in your report.
Step 7: Find out more...

Timers page shows what your team is doing right now. Timesheet page helps to view the structured picture of the time a member spent for a week. Timecard page displays when a user started their workday, when they had breaks and when they finished their work. Timeoff page shows all vacations, sick leaves, and any other PTO types.

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Your questions. Answered!

Here is the list of the most frequent questions. If you’d have other questions or ideas — contact us.

Is Everhour easy to connect with GitLab?

Yes. Just sign up with Everhour and invite your team. The next step would be to install our browser extension. And that's it! Open your GitLab and start tracking time.

How does Everhour for GitLab work?

After integration, Everhour embeds controls into the GitLab interface and thus extends it with many useful features. You can keep tracking time from GitLab, through the Everhour website or browser extension.

Why choose Everhour for time tracking in GitLab?

GitLab native time tracker is simple and easy to use. However, it is quite basic and lacks some essential time tracking features. For example, time approval, tracking vacations, and other leave types, project billing and budgeting, invoices based on tracked time and expenses, etc.

What if not all my GitLab users need time tracking?

No problem. You can invite and pay only for those GitLab users who are going to track time and use other Everhour features.

Will someone else (like clients) see my time?

Only those people who are a part of your Everhour team and installed our free browser extension can see time-related data in GitLab.

Does Everhour work on GitLab native apps?

Unfortunately, it is not possible due to technical reasons. Only folks at GitLab can decide to integrate with Everhour. Other time trackers can't do this either.

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