Wakapi
Tracking tool for coding statistics, compatible with WakaTime.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 104 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.18.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Time Tracking: Toggl alternatives, Harvest alternatives.
At a glance
Wakapi quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,467
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.18.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A minimalist, self-hosted WakaTime-compatible backend for coding statistics."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Wakapi scores 95/100, #3 of 13 in Time Tracking: 104 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.18.2, 16 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,467 stars add 14.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 5.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
104 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.18.2 released 16 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 14.6 / 20
4.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 104
- Last 90 days
- 317
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 13 tools in Time Tracking by health , between solidtime (#2) and TimeTracker (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | 2.18.2 · 16 days ago |
| Stars | 4,467 |
| Open issues | 38 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | muety/wakapi ↗ |
Wakapi vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Wakapi (Time Tracking), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Gauzy | 96 | 8.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| solidtime | 96 | 9.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Wakapi (this tool) | 95 | 4.5k | GPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
| TimeTracker | 91 | 634 | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| OpenHabitTracker | 90 | 306 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Ziit | 85 | 258 | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
Wakapi: common questions
Is Wakapi still maintained?
Wakapi had 104 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2.18.2, is from 16 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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