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Leantime vs Timeneye

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Leantime and Timeneye — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Leantime vs Timeneye: at a glance

FeatureLeantimeTimeneye
SectorPMPM
Velocity score5.05.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesproject-management, self-hosted, permissions, pluginstime-tracking, rebrand, mcp, billability
Last editorial update2d ago3mo ago
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What is Leantime?

Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.

Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.

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What is Timeneye?

Timeneye became Lucen Track, then turned a timer into a system of record.

The product was renamed from Timeneye to Lucen Track in May as its parent rebranded to Lucen Software, and as of August it sits behind a shared login across the Lucen suite with a redesigned interface. Underneath the rebrand, the last four months added time off tracking with approvals and holidays, global non-billable phases and tags, Enterprise custom fields across every object, and an MCP server that lets AI assistants read and write time entries. Shipping cadence is roughly twice a month with real features each time.

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Leantime vs Timeneye: editorial side-by-side

L5.0

Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.

◆ Current state

Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.

◆ Where it's heading

The release cadence is roughly one feature version every two weeks, split between finer access control and a plugin marketplace that carries more functionality. Core changes increasingly exist to give plugins stable hooks, as the calendar rework shows.

◆ Prediction

Expect more marketplace plugins built on the new calendar and permission hooks, and further permission work extending to the remaining modules.

T5.0

Timeneye became Lucen Track, then turned a timer into a system of record.

◆ Current state

The product was renamed from Timeneye to Lucen Track in May as its parent rebranded to Lucen Software, and as of August it sits behind a shared login across the Lucen suite with a redesigned interface. Underneath the rebrand, the last four months added time off tracking with approvals and holidays, global non-billable phases and tags, Enterprise custom fields across every object, and an MCP server that lets AI assistants read and write time entries. Shipping cadence is roughly twice a month with real features each time.

◆ Where it's heading

Two things are happening at once. The visible one is consolidation — one login, one Entra app, one design language across Lucen products, which is what a company assembling a suite does before it starts cross-selling. The less visible one is that Track keeps absorbing the work that used to happen around the timesheet: absence requests, billability rules, business-specific fields, and now programmatic access. Each addition makes Track the place the billing data is finished rather than a feed into something else.

◆ Prediction

The unified login and the suite framing point to cross-product features next — shared reporting or a single admin surface across Lucen products — with the Enterprise plan continuing to absorb the newest capabilities as custom fields did.

Alternatives to Leantime and Timeneye

Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Leantime or Timeneye.

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Recent activity from Leantime and Timeneye

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 3d agoLeantimev3.14.0: per-permission access checks and a CalDAV sync plugin
  2. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.2: digest changes, OIDC PKCE, marketplace install reporting
  3. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.1: clearer plugin install errors
  4. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.0: mobile push, per-project modules, Laravel 12
  5. 29d agoLeantimev3.12.0: self-updating plugins and a shared interface library
  6. 1mo agoLeantimev3.11.0: global search across the workspace
  7. 3mo agoTimeneyeUnified Lucen login and a redesigned Track interface
  8. 4mo agoTimeneyeCustom fields across clients, projects, entries, and users
  9. 5mo agoTimeneyeGlobal non-billable phases and tags for T&M projects
  10. 5mo agoTimeneye🤖 Your AI tools can now connect directly to Lucen Track ⚡
  11. 5mo agoTimeneye🏝️ Time Off tracking available in Lucen Track!
  12. 6mo agoTimeneyeImportant update: Timeneye is now called Lucen Track

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Leantime and Timeneye?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Leantime and Timeneye are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Leantime better than Timeneye?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leantime and Timeneye are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Leantime?

Top Leantime alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leantime alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leantime for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Timeneye?

Top Timeneye alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Timeneye alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/timeneye for the full list with editorial commentary on each.