HourSlipTrack from the menu bar
Press play on a project. The timer survives quits, restarts and sleep.
Track the hours.
Send the invoice.
A menu-bar time tracker that files your time under clients and turns it into a clean PDF invoice when the month ends.
Mac, Windows 10/11 and Linux · No account · Your data stays on your computer · All downloads
Watch
Hours slip. Invoices shouldn't.
The 30-second version, with sound.
How it works
From the first minute to a paid invoice.
Four steps, and the first one is a single click in your menu bar.
Organize by client
Rates, currency and payment terms per client. Budgets per project.
Invoice the unbilled time
Pick a client and a period. Rounding, tax and numbering are done for you.
Export a clean PDF
Letter or A4, with your logo and your own templates. Add fixed fees, a discount or a PO number, preview every page, then email it.
Inside HourSlip
Everything between the timer and the invoice.
Edit it, preview it, send it
Add fixed fees or expenses, a discount and a PO number, and watch the PDF update as you type. Mark it sent, then paid. Overdue invoices flag themselves.
Always one click away
The menu bar panel shows what's running, today's total and your recent projects. On a MacBook with a notch, the timer sits right beside it.
Know what's waiting to be billed
Each client shows its unbilled hours and their value, with a button that turns them into an invoice.
Invoices that look like yours
Save templates with your own title, accent color, font, columns, terms and footer. Give each client its own, and sent invoices keep the look they went out with.
Details
Built for how freelancers bill.
The small things that save an evening at the end of every month.
Rounding
Round each entry up to 1, 6 or 15 minutes.
Tax, your way
Call it VAT, GST or tax, with a default per client.
Any currency
Each client bills in its own currency.
Hour budgets
A warning before a fixed-scope project runs over.
Forgotten timers
Left running overnight? Stop it at a sensible time.
Sleep aware
Choose whether time your Mac spent asleep counts.
Bring your history
Import Toggl Track reports or a CSV.
Private by design
No account, no tracking, daily local backups.
Pricing
Free to start. Pro once.
A single purchase for Pro. No subscription.
Available now
HourSlip beta
$0
The public beta, with tracking and invoicing.
- Menu bar or tray timer, timesheet and charts
- PDF invoices for one client, with a small HourSlip footer
- Backups, Toggl and CSV import, JSON restore (for one client)
- Runs fully offline
One computer per key
HourSlip Pro
$29 once
Sold through polar.sh. The key arrives by email.
- Everything in the beta
- Unlimited clients
- Invoices without the footer
- CSV export
Install
Up and running in a minute.
Signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other Mac app.
Mac
- 01
Download
Open
HourSlip.dmgand drag HourSlip into Applications. - 02
Open
Launch HourSlip from Applications. It lives in your menu bar, not the Dock.
- 03
Track
Click the clock in your menu bar, or beside the notch, and press play on a project.
Windows and Linux
The same HourSlip, in your system tray. Backups move between Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Windows 10 / 11
Installer
Run
Download for WindowsHourSlip-Setup.exe. The beta isn't signed with a Windows certificate yet, so SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC”: choose More info › Run anyway. - Linux · most distributions
AppImage
Make it executable with
Download AppImagechmod +x HourSlip.AppImage, then run it. It updates itself. - Ubuntu · Debian
.deb package
Install with
Download .debsudo apt install ./hourslip.deb. On GNOME, turn on the AppIndicator extension to see the tray icon.
Guides
Learn it in an afternoon.
Ten short guides that cover the whole app, from the first timer to a paid invoice.
01
Getting started
Install HourSlip, add your first client and project, and track your first hour.
Read the guide → 02Tracking time
The timer panel, shortcuts, notes, and what happens when you walk away or the computer sleeps.
Read the guide → 03Clients and projects
Rates, currencies, payment terms, tax, colors and hour budgets.
Read the guide → 04The timesheet
Find, fix, move and add entries, and see where the week went.
Read the guide → 05Creating and sending invoices
From unbilled hours to a PDF in your client's inbox, and on to paid.
Read the guide → 06Invoice templates
Give invoices your own title, color, font, columns and terms, per client if you like.
Read the guide → 07Smart tracking
Idle questions, reminders, the Untracked card and what HourSlip notes about your activity.
Read the guide → 08Import, export and backups
Bring your history from Toggl, export CSV, and move everything to another computer.
Read the guide → 09HourSlip Pro and your license key
What Pro adds, how to activate a key and how to move it.
Read the guide → 10Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut on Mac, Windows and Linux in one place.
Read the guide →
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Where is my data stored?
In HourSlip's sandboxed container on your Mac, or in HourSlip's data folder on Windows and Linux. HourSlip never sends your data anywhere. It only goes online to check your Pro license key with polar.sh and to look for updates on this site. It keeps daily backups for 14 days, and Settings can export a full JSON backup.
Does it track what I do on my computer?
Only on your computer, and only a little. To ask about idle time and suggest projects, HourSlip notes when you're at the keyboard and which app is in front. It never records your screen, what you type or window titles. That log stays on your computer for 30 days, is never sent anywhere or included in backups, and Settings → Permissions turns it off or deletes it.
What if I forget to stop the timer?
After 10 hours HourSlip offers to stop it 1, 2, 4 or 8 hours after it started. If your Mac sleeps for more than 10 minutes, it asks whether to keep that time.
Can I bill in euros, pounds or another currency?
Yes. Each client has its own currency, rate, payment terms and default tax. One invoice uses one currency.
Can I bring my data from Toggl or another tracker?
Yes. Settings imports Toggl Track detailed reports and HourSlip's own CSV, and creates any clients and projects that are missing. The free version imports and restores one client; Pro has no limit.
Is Pro a subscription?
No. Pro is a single $29 purchase through polar.sh. It unlocks unlimited clients, invoices without the footer and CSV export. Paste the key from your purchase email into the upgrade sheet in HourSlip. One key works on one computer at a time, and you can move it from Settings.
Is the download safe to open?
Yes. On the Mac, the disk image and the app are signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so macOS opens them without warnings. The Windows and Linux builds are made automatically on GitHub's build servers from the same source; Windows shows a SmartScreen prompt the first time because the beta isn't signed with a paid Windows certificate. Updates are checked with their own signature either way.
Does it run on Windows or Linux?
Yes. HourSlip for Windows and Linux lives in the system tray, keeps the same clients, invoices, templates and PDF layout as the Mac app, and reads Mac backups, so you can move your data between computers. A Pro key works on any of them, one computer at a time.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later (Apple silicon or Intel), a 64-bit PC with Windows 10 or 11, or a 64-bit Linux desktop.
Your next invoice starts with a click.
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