Time Tracking for Software Development Teams

Track development time, improve project estimates,
and balance team workload—all inside your dev tools.

Software developer tracking project hours

Stop Guessing How Long Development Actually Takes

Track time on features, bugs, and technical debt to improve estimates and balance workload.

Project budget tracking for development teams
  • 1

    See Where Dev Time Goes

    Track time on features, bug fixes, and technical debt. Understand what actually consumes your team's capacity.

  • 2

    Improve Project Estimates

    Use actual time data from past projects to create accurate estimates. Stop under-quoting and over-promising.

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    Balance Team Workload

    See who's overloaded and who has capacity. Catch burnout risks early and optimize project assignments.

Complete Time Tracking Solution for Dev Teams

Track projects, manage budgets, and optimize engineering productivity.

Project & Task Tracking

Track time across features, bugs, and technical debt. Organize work by project, epic, or sprint with clear hierarchy and tagging.

Development project and task tracking
Project budget tracking with real-time alerts

Budget Tracking & Alerts

Set time budgets for projects and get alerts when approaching limits. Catch scope creep early and keep projects on track.

Team Capacity Planning

Visualize team workload and availability. See who's over-allocated, balance assignments, and plan capacity across projects.

Engineering team capacity planning dashboard
Client billing from development hours

Client Billing & Invoicing

For custom development work—track billable hours and generate invoices. Export to QuickBooks or create invoices directly in Everhour.

Seamless Tool Integration

Works inside Jira, Linear, GitHub, ClickUp, and other tools dev teams use. Track time without leaving your workflow.

Time tracking controls in Jira and Linear
Development time reports and analysis

Time Reports & Analysis

Analyze time spent on features vs bugs vs technical debt. Compare estimated vs actual hours and identify patterns to improve planning.

Dev Teams Work Smarter with Everhour

Real results from 300+ engineering teams that improved project predictability.

40%
Better project estimates after 3 months
SaaS startup, 12 engineers
2hrs
Weekly time saved on status updates
Product team, 8 developers
10min
Daily time entry average
Mobile dev team
90%
Team adoption in first week
Web development, 15 people
30%
Reduction in project overruns
Enterprise dev team, 25 people
25%
Time going to unplanned work
Engineering manager
85%
Projects finished on time
API development, 10 people
35%
Improvement in estimation accuracy
Full-stack team
18%
Better capacity utilization
Platform engineering, 18 people
3hrs
Weekly time spent on meetings
Agile dev team
22%
Of time on bug fixes vs features
Senior developer
28%
Reduction in over-allocation
Remote dev team, 20 people
45%
Less time on administrative work
DevOps team, 6 people
$180K
Recovered from better estimates
Backend engineering
5min
To generate project report
Frontend development, 14 people
40%
Better project estimates after 3 months
SaaS startup, 12 engineers
2hrs
Weekly time saved on status updates
Product team, 8 developers
10min
Daily time entry average
Mobile dev team
90%
Team adoption in first week
Web development, 15 people
30%
Reduction in project overruns
Enterprise dev team, 25 people
25%
Time going to unplanned work
Engineering manager

From underestimating by 30% to hitting project deadlines. All through tracking actual time.

We kept underestimating projects by 30-40% and couldn't figure out why. Everhour showed us the truth—code reviews took 3x longer than we thought, bug fixes consumed 25% of our time, and "quick features" turned into week-long projects. Now we track everything and use actual historical data for estimates. After three months, our estimation accuracy improved from 60% to 90%. We still go over budget sometimes, but now we know why and can adjust. The team trusts our timelines again, and stakeholders stopped asking "why is this taking so long?"

David, Engineering Manager

David, Engineering Manager sharing time tracking success

Questions? We Have Answers

Here is a list of the most frequently asked questions.

How does Everhour help improve project estimates?

Track actual time spent on past projects and compare against estimates. See which types of work take longer than expected and use this data to create more accurate estimates for future projects.

Can we track time on GitHub issues?

Yes. Track time directly on GitHub issues. See how long development and code review actually take, and identify bottlenecks in your workflow.

How do we separate time spent on features vs bugs vs technical debt?

Use task tags, categories, or project hierarchy to organize work by type. Generate reports showing time allocation across features, bugs, and technical debt.

Which development tools does Everhour integrate with?

Everhour works natively inside Jira, Linear, GitHub, ClickUp, Asana, Monday, Basecamp, and 50+ other tools. Time tracking controls appear directly in your issues and tasks.

Can we track time across multiple projects and repositories?

Yes. Organize unlimited projects and repos. Track time across microservices, frontend and backend work, and see team allocation across all engineering efforts.

How does Everhour help with capacity planning?

See team workload in real-time, identify who's over-allocated, and balance project assignments. Track hours worked per person and optimize resource allocation.

Can engineering managers see where team time goes?

Yes. Generate reports showing time distribution across projects, task types, and team members. Identify patterns and optimize processes based on real data.

How long does setup take for a dev team?

Most teams are tracking within 15 minutes. Connect your issue tracker (Jira, Linear, GitHub), invite your team, and start timers. Projects and issues sync automatically.

Does time tracking slow down developers?

No. Developers track time without leaving their tools—just click 'Start Timer' next to the issue they're working on. Most teams spend less than 2 minutes per day on time entry.

Is there a free trial for development teams?

Yes. Everhour offers a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. No credit card required. Most teams see improved project predictability within the first month.

What Leaders Are Saying

Real stories from teams using Everhour to improve profitability

“I am the owner of the company, and I use Everhour for timekeeping of myself and my subcontractors. All team members use the system - from web developers to tech support to project management to design.”

— Jennifer H. (Source: TrustRadius)

We are using Everhour as a core business software, because our business is to sell our time. When you use such software, what you care about the most is speed, flexibility, ability to integrate with all major project management software. And Everhour is exactly that kind of software”

— Ivan M. (Source: G2Crowd)

Everhour’s integration with Asana is wonderful for a remote team. We track all activities in Asana, but before Everhour I often wondered how long it was taking to do a task, now I know exactly. I can see who is working right now and a summary each day”.

— Doug H. (Source: G2Crowd)

“Everhour is being used by my department now, but it’s planned to be used across the whole company. We were having problems tracking the times of every project and Everhour ended up being the best solution to the issue. We’re tracking our tasks involved in every project, in every level (software development, meetings, project management, etc.)”

— Maria Lucia S. (Source: TrustRadius)

“We are a 15 people team working remotely from different cities of Latin America and Europe, and time tracking for each client, project, and task has always been a major issue. We’ve been using Everhour for the past year or so, and it has become an essential tool for our team. It does not only give us the ability to track how much time we have dedicated to a project but also to estimate how much time a particular task will need in order to be completed next time and by who. Easily create and save reports with just a few clicks”

— Daniel Y. (Source: TrustRadius)

“Everhour helps me manage/plan my weekly activities a lot more effectively, since I know how much time I have to work on things each day, and can quickly update estimated times to reallocate tasks as needed.”

— Dan S. (Source: Capterra)

“The most important gain from using Everhour is that we can track our tasks in real-time without having to leave the browser. The Chrome add-on helps us initiate the time for a specific task. If we are already on Asana, a simple click does the job.”

— Dimitris R. (Source: Capterra)

“Everhour has already paid for itself for the year by helping me track time I was missing in client projects. It is easy to use, has friendly customer service people, and the reports make it easy to invoice clients and track projects.”

— Jennifer D. (Source: TrustRadius)