Traggo - Open Source, Self Hosted, simple yet powerful time tracking for your business needs.

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00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction to Traggo
02:50 Thank you to my Patrons at Patreon and my subscribers on KZbin
03:30 Installing Traggo
11:50 Going to our Traggo Site
12:45 The Traggo Interface
21:15 The Traggo Dashboard
25:35 Setup a Reverse Proxy
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[@Mikesco3]

Appreciate the video, I could see how this could be useful, I just round to the nearest 15 minute increment and I totally agree with your statements about being as fair as possible when billing for time. We should understand that our primary product is trust.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Absolutely.

[@melchor2514]

Great video!, and a great tool, thanks for all the time you take to show us great and above all useful tools.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It is my pleasure.

[@BryanChance]

My uncle used to have a bell by his desk. He would ring the bell when he's on the phone. I asked why he rings the bell. His response: that's to let the client know he's on the clock. LOL

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Nice. Interesting way to do it, but also very simple. Love it!

[@kaposinetwork]

Thanks again man. this really a good stuff

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@scottxiong5844]

I like this! I think I am going to use this at work.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It's pretty good. I use it for one of my clients still today.

[@LuxeReel]

Thanks, Brian!!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@saito4422]

Nice copact timetracking tool, may have a look for Kimai can handle customer,project,tasks with pricing and pdf templates

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Nice. I still want to check Out Kimai, just haven't yet.

[@TheAcer8888]

Awesome video thank you! Do you have any recommendations for milage tracking?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Wow, what a great suggestion. In a built up software, nothing I've found yet, but something like Baserow would let you build it in, and start using it pretty quickly. I'll keep my eyes out for an offering for mileage tracking.

[@TheAcer8888]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Baserow looks great 👍 I will check it out. Thank you for all your work in creating these great videos and content!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@stanlaurel672]

In the Video you have mentioned that there is a little docker container that redirects your new IP to the Domain. How does it function and what software do you use? I only know the way through a DynDNS provider.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I have a video that explains it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZuth6B3fpZ3pZY, but essentially, I have my domain setup with an A-record that points to my home IP address (you could alternatively setup a $4 VPS with Digital Ocean to have a static public IP and a VPN from there back to your house, but that's a bit more setup). At my home, I run an LXC container, with docker running inside of that. On that docker install I run NGinX Proxy Manager, which listens for traffic coming into my home network on ports 80 and 443. Any request that comes in is handled by NPM and it has entries that tell it where to send the request on to. So, kind of like my own little internet in my home network. I can have public domains for my services this way.

[@stanlaurel672]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks for answerimg. Then I have nearly the same setup. With a Subdomain from AfraidDNS. I was wonderimg if I habe something different. The Nginx Proxy Manager is looking not that secure I hope that the New Version will be released soom.

[@zeitue]

So this does time tracking but there are a lot of cases where you need time reporting instead. It would be nice to find a good open source time reporting program.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I think you can generate some dashboards that you could utilize to do some reporting, but not sure about printing / exporting the data. I'll keep looking for the better reporting.

[@wakorins]

Can you please develop an API integration for openstack cloud computing deployment. Thanks

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'm not a major developer, so this would definitely be a request to post on the github page.

[@sergeygr]

We're using Kimai2 for time tracking. Its simple and awesome. Also has LDAP support.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I have that one on my list for the future. Great stuff.

[@tjmarx]

Hey Sergey, how does Kimai2 compare to Traggo? Would love to hear more about it.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Me too. Looking to cover it in the future.

[@lindenburg]

Hi Brian, The first time after installing everything works perfect. But after restarting de docker-container the traggo-page can't be reached. Only if I change de the dir to docker/traggo (in the console) and use the command "docker-compose up -d" the traggo page can be reached again. Do you have a solution? Thanks in advance!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Let me understand. You are restarting the container somehow? How are you doing it initially. The best way to restart a container using docker-compose is to move into the directory where the docker-compose.yml file it located, and just to "docker-compose up -d" again. This will stop the container, pull any new configurations if you've made any, and start the container back up.

[@lindenburg]

Thanks fotr your fast reaction!. I mean that if I restart my server (proxmox) with the docker container in it. Traggo won't start automatic. I have to go the traggo-docker console and I have to change the dir to docker/traggo (in the console) and use the command "docker-compose up -d" to start Traggo again @@AwesomeOpenSource

[@berrabe3917]

what's your terminal font type / family? i'ts so beautiful, like it

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That's the Tabby Terminal using Liberation Mono font face. Tabby is an awesome terminal emulator, and I"m about to cover Extraterm (another super impressive emulator).

[@kharmastreams8319]

I'm assuming this does not support using a rfid reader for checking in and out?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Not that I'm aware of, no.

[@shady2388]

Great ideas from a great Engineer Thank you .. I would like you to explain how to install odoo ERP on Oracle cloud free tier if you don't mind

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

They are on my list my friend. I've been looking at ERPNext for an update as a matter of fact.

[@owenwhitehead8938]

I’d be interested in odoo too!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'm working on Odoo actively. A huge system, and a ton to learn, so I want toknow it decently well before I do a video on it.

[@tjmarx]

Do you have anything more advanced that might work with a team as opposed to a sole trader? Perhaps something that includes a time clock as well as the ability to track time? I find myself looking for something that can allow employees to track their client sessions and report writing time, whilst also having a kiosk where they can log when they get into work, go on a break and when they leave (time clock kiosk). Hoping for something that can limit who can edit time, and can be used to create timesheets and performance reports for KPI tracking. I see plenty of commercial SAAS in this space, clockify, TimeDoctor, NTime, etc but I haven't come across anything open source I can self host to control data and ensure the system continues working if the internet goes down for some reason. Any thoughts?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Nothing specifically with a time clock, but Zammad (which is really for support) can also use time entry as part of it. The other options, Clockify clockify.me/, Kimai www.kimai.org/ are both open source, and may be worth a look.

[@tjmarx]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Hey mate, thanks for your reply. I'll have a look at zammad to see what it is. I've previously looked at Kimai, it's more of just a timesheets app. I'm after something where I can force team members to use a live time tracker to log time on the tasks they undertake for KPI reporting. Clockify is more along the lines of what I'm after, but as far as I can tell it's closed source commercial SAAS and is more expensive than many of it's competitors. There doesn't appear to be any self-hosting option which is what I'm after so I'm not relying on an internet connection being up to access. Thanks for your help mate, I'll just have to keep looking.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I think I know what you're after, but here's a few more you might check out. Cattr cattr.app/, Kapow gottcode.org/kapow/, and Timecop timecop.app/en/. Don't know if that last one is any better than any of the others, but I love the name. Also, let know what you find in the long run.

[@mmospanenko]

Any popular services integrations like toggl has?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I didn't notice any, but that doesn't mean ti's not there. You might also check out Clockify and Kimai to see if those offer anything like what you might want.

[@cneilmon]

what is that terminal you are using?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It's called Tabby. Really a great terminal emulator. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6rJpoyGpNyIeqc

[@sachron3gmail]

maybe next would be quotation, invoicing and do , and some accouting stuff

[@Mikesco3]

I think there are several of us eagerly waiting for an Invoice Ninja video.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Good news, Invoice Ninja reached out and offered to help me get their system up and running...so Yay! Future video for sure! Also, i have one on Crater Invoicing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJbPfIyOg5h0ldk

[@blackbarry45]

can you show calendar

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I didn't get a calendar view going because of how short a time I had been using it.

[@GabrielAlexandruBolea]

you know you can put manual time entries xD you dont need to start the timer and let it run to create bigger tracks :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Indeed, though I didn't show it. I just like the timer function. It's the easy button. ;-)

[@NikosKatsikanis]

anyone tried this vs kimai

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I want to setup Kimai. I think there is another comment on this video that talks about some features Kimai has vs this one.

[@RyanStandeven]

Great video! Currently my company is using timesheet software that i feel is only a little bit better than an excel spreadsheet. The interface is bulky and outdated, the file management leaves much to be desired and the way it's administered is clunky and obtuse. Traggo looks to be incredibly straight forward and a very "no frills" kind of approach. I think something like this would be good for a small team ( less than 7 people) but managing a herd of technicians with this might be quite the task. I've been playing around with Kimai2 ( i see your reply saying this was on your list) and have had some success. some notes i can provide. - as someone who isn't a frontend or backend developer... I don't get it... It's complex enough that if some server or daemon that it needs to run isn't working, I have no idea how to read the log files or errors... If i were to implement this for my work, I'd just have to hope and pray it never crashed too hard. the readme.md on github says "It is built with modern technologies such as Symfony, Bootstrap, RESTful API, Doctrine, AdminLTE, Webpack, ES6 and many more." which is 3 more modern technologies than I'm familiar with. - It's pretty. Way prettier than Traggo (sorry Traggo) but as such, not exactly minimalist -Lots of plugins available, but they aren't all free. It's ultimately leaps and bounds beyond what a lot of people want or need... but this is a boon to the open source community an adjacent project that you might be interested in is grocy( grocy.info/ ) which handles resource management and is primary directed at home use

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Setup frock a while back for my family to test, and while I see how it could be great FIDR types of users, for my family it was a ton of setup, massive overkill, and too many steps to add something simple to a shopping list. I’ll eventually do a video on it because it definitely has a place, just not with my family.😭

[@yourpcmd]

I charge 1-hour minimum, and 30-minute increments thereafter. IMO, if you're charging on a 5 or 10 minute basis, then your time is not worth much.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It's not that my time isn't worth much ,it's more that I know that sometimes folks just need something simple. A full screen pop-up from some scammer "Microsoft" support thing, and it takes me 10 seconds to get rid of it...I don't think I should charge an hour for that...but that's just me. The way I work in reality is a contract per month, and most go with the one that has remote services included, and I only charge for the 3rd or more physical visit to their location, and any hardware needed.

[@yourpcmd]

@@AwesomeOpenSource I agree. My main business is MSP for businesses under an SLA. The pricing I mentioned is mainly for residential clients in that the majority of the time I have to travel up to an hour away so I charge what I charge. I do have a remote session (Ruskdesk) fee of $75 per incident, up to 1-hour connection, if I see it may take longer than that, an onsite session is made at no additional cost.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I completely understand. I never expect one person to charge the same as me. If I were a better businessman I might be able to actually do support and IT type work full time...but I'm too nice. Most of my clients pay me more than I bill because they know I'm giving them a break...but that's not a model to support a family on.

[@MrXankiller]

Featurewise it's pretty poor I could say, no API, no external integration, not even an accessible database It works well yes, but kinda limitated to its own environment

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Ture indeed. Today it doesn't have much external integration. Maybe a request to the github page would help push the development of some of these features along.