Kimai
Kimai Partner Program
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@ivalentinaKimai has developed from day one to 7 000 customers (and much more users) worldwide together with its community. Behind the Kimai Store, there’s a community of developers who build plugins, extensions, and versions of the products requested on specific local markets. That’s how open source actually works, and it’s how Kimai has worked from day one.
What’s changed is this: we want that relationship to pay off more directly. The Kimai Partner Program is our way of formalizing what a lot of you have already been doing informally - and connecting you with clients who are actively looking for help. If you’re a developer, an agency, a consultant, or a support expert working anywhere near time tracking, there’s a good chance you already qualify. Below are five (plus) cases where becoming an Official Kimai Partner is a pretty obvious move.
5 cases where you’re a good fit for the Kimai Partner Program
1. You build plugins or integrations for B2B tools
If you’ve ever written a Kimai plugin, connected it to an invoicing tool, or built a bridge between Kimai and a project management platform, you’re already doing Development Partner work. The Partner Program gives that work visibility - a listing in the partner directory, recognition from Kimai directly, and a badge that tells potential clients your extension isn’t just a side project.
2. You do implementation and onboarding for teams
Rolling out a time-tracking tool across a team isn’t just “install and go”. You should at least create a team, configure permissions, set up projects and activities, train people who maybe never used a timer in their life, and make sure the data that comes out the other end is actually usable for invoicing or reporting. The bigger the team, the more responsibility and creativity the set up requires.
3. You host and maintain self-hosted installations of the tools for teams
Thousands of teams choose self-hosted Kimai specifically because they want control over their data - but they still need someone to set it up, keep it updated, and handle the server side. If hosting and maintenance is part of what you offer clients, that’s Service Partner territory. You get listed as someone who can be trusted with the infrastructure side of Kimai, not just the software.
4. You provide ongoing support and troubleshooting
Not every client needs a full implementation. Some of them just need someone reliable on the other end of an email when something breaks or a report doesn’t add up. If you’ve been the contact person for a client, informally or under contract, formal recognition means that expertise shows up somewhere clients can actually find it, instead of staying word-of-mouth.
5. You customize Kimai for specific industries or workflows
Kimai is customisable to fit a particular way of working: construction time sheets, agency billing cycles, non-profit grant reporting, whatever it is. If you’ve built repeatable expertise around a specific use case, that’s a strong basis for a partner listing, since it’s exactly the kind of specialization clients search for.
Why bother making it official
Being a recognized partner isn’t just a nice partner logo for your website (though it is that too). It means:
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Client leads: requests that come in through the partner directory or a direct referral from Kimai get routed to you.
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The Partner Badge: use it on your site, in proposals, in client communication. It signals that your Kimai experience has actually been reviewed, not just claimed.
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A yearly review, not a one-time stamp: recognition is revisited annually, which keeps the whole directory meaningful for clients searching it.
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You stay independent: Kimai facilitates the connection, but the engagement, pricing, and client relationship are yours to run.
There is a referral commission on the initial engagement for leads that come through Kimai. It keeps the directory, the plugin store, and the program itself running, rather than something bolted on for Kimai’s benefit alone.
What you’ll need
Nothing special, but it’s not a rubber-stamp process either:
- A credible professional presence (company or individual professional)
- Documented experience with Kimai - at least 3 client projects or 12 months of hands-on work
- Up-to-date knowledge of supported Kimai versions
- At least one named technical contact
- Existing client references or case studies
- A respectful track record with open source and the community
You’ve probably already done the work. Now’s the time to get recognized and paid for it.
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