Miru
India
What it is
Miru is open-source software for teams that bill by the hour, combining time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, and reporting. Users can record billable time with timers or manual entries, set rates by team member, and send work through weekly approvals. Invoices can be generated from approved or tracked work and include expenses, taxes, and discounts. Reports cover paid, pending, overdue, and projected revenue, alongside project and team analytics. The integrations page lists Stripe, Google Calendar, SMTP email, CSV and PDF export, CSV import, REST API, CLI, Zapier, Make, and n8n. Miru can also export clients, invoices, and recorded payments to QuickBooks Online through a one-way sync. Its local-first desktop timer supports macOS, Linux, and Windows and syncs with Miru; the iOS and Android apps are in beta. The MIT-licensed Rails app can be self-hosted, but customers then handle operations, backups, upgrades, and security maintenance. Hosted data is described as encrypted at rest and in transit. Self-hosting is free with every feature and unlimited members; Miru Cloud is $1 a month, with a 14-day Pro trial and no credit card required.
For and against
For
- Tracks time with timers or manual entries
- Creates invoices with expenses, taxes, and discounts
- Reports on revenue and project and team activity
- Offers a client portal
- Self-hosted plan includes every feature and unlimited members
Against
- Recurring invoices are not available
- iOS and Android apps are in beta
- Self-hosters handle backups, upgrades, and security maintenance
- QuickBooks Online sync is one-way
The verdict
Miru brings time capture, invoicing, and reporting together for teams billing by the hour. Its free self-hosted option includes all features, but requires customers to take responsibility for operating and maintaining it.
Who it suits
Miru suits agencies, consultants, freelancers, startups, and service teams tracking billable work and sending invoices. Teams choosing self-hosting should be prepared to maintain their own deployment.
Plans and prices
Self-hosted
all features · unlimited members · Docker deployment · community Discord support
Read 20 Oct 2026 · miru.so
Miru Cloud
time tracking · invoicing and Stripe payments · expenses and client management · team management and leave
Read 20 Oct 2026 · miru.so
Miru Cloud Annual
same features as Miru Cloud
Read 20 Oct 2026 · miru.so
Managed Miru
dedicated deployment · upgrades, backups and monitoring · integration help · security review support
Read 20 Oct 2026 · miru.so
On the record
- API
- Miru exposes a REST API with CRUD operations for time entries, invoices, clients, projects, expenses and payments using bearer-token authentication.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- API rate limits
- The API documentation says login, signup, PDF export and checkout endpoints are throttled per IP while other endpoints have no blanket quota.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Billable time
- Users can track time with timers or manual entries, get weekly approvals, and set rates per team member.miru.so · read 2 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The CLI installs with a shell command and supports time entries, invoices, expenses, payments, projects, clients and Harvest CSV imports.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Client portal
- A client portal lets customers view invoice information and pay through secure links without creating a Miru account.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- LinkedIn gives Saeloun a founding year of 2019.linkedin.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Saeloun headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional Pune location.linkedin.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Saeloun as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Miru says GDPR compliance is implemented and SOC 2 Type II is in progress.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Desktop
- The local-first desktop timer is available for macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, Linux x64, and Windows x64, and syncs with Miru.miru.so · read 2 Oct 2026
- Desktop app
- The desktop timer is local-first and supports menu-bar controls, timer stacking, idle recovery and synchronization with Miru Web.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Expense management
- Users can log expenses, attach receipts, route approvals, categorize costs and include project expenses on invoices.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Independent feature coverage
- MEDevel independently listed team, client, client-portal, project, reporting and Stripe-payment capabilities.medevel.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Independent licence fact
- MEDevel reported that Miru is released under the MIT licence by Saeloun.medevel.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Independent praise
- MEDevel described Miru as an open-source web tool that handles time tracking, invoicing and accounting for small businesses.medevel.com · read 20 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official pages identify Stripe payments, QuickBooks Online export or sync, SMTP email, CSV and PDF export, Zapier, Make and n8n connectivity.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Miru says it is best for agencies, consultants, freelancers, startups, and service teams that track billable hours and send invoices.miru.so · read 2 Oct 2026
- Invoicing
- Miru generates invoices from tracked hours, supports line items, taxes, discounts and branded PDFs, and emails invoices to clients.miru.so · read 20 Oct 2026
