Evertimer

Chrome & Edge extension for Redmine

Track Redmine time right from the toolbar

Add your Redmine issues, start a timer, and send the time to Redmine without leaving the page you are on.

Add to Chrome See it in action

Try it: press play on another task and the running one pauses. Scroll the popup to see more tasks.

At a glance

Everything on one screen

Click the Evertimer icon in the toolbar and this opens. Point at a label for details.

The Evertimer popup with statistics and tasks
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Your photo and name open your Redmine page. The icons open Redmine, Everbook, Everhub and Payments.
The circles fill toward a full day, week and month, split into billable and non-billable time.
Pinned tasks stay at the top, marked with a red bookmark.
Each Redmine issue you work on is a card. Paste its link or number to add it.
Start and pause per task. It keeps counting with the popup or the browser closed.
The red arrow opens the submit form. Write a comment, press Save, and the entry is in Redmine.

Safe & secure

Your tracked time is never lost

Time stays in Evertimer until Redmine confirms it. And Evertimer talks to nobody but your Redmine.

What Evertimer protects

  • The timer keeps counting with the popup closed, the browser closed or the computer asleep.
  • Time is cleared only after Redmine confirms the entry. If Redmine refuses, everything stays as it was.
  • Clicking Save twice sends one entry, not two.
  • A half-written comment is kept if the popup closes.
  • With browser sync on, your tasks, timers and settings follow you to every computer where you are signed in to the browser.
Redmine says no, and the message says why.
Close the message: the time and comment are still there.

Secure by design

  • Talks only to your Redmine, with your personal API key.
  • No Everlabs servers in between. Nothing is sold or shared.
  • No analytics, ads or tracking. It never reads the pages you visit.
  • The API key is hidden in Settings, with a Show button when you need it.

Details in the privacy policy.

How it works

Three steps, every day

Add the issue, run the timer, send the time.

1

Add the issue

Press + and paste the Redmine link, or type the issue number.

2

Start the timer

Press the green play button. Pause it when you stop, or start another task.

3

Submit to Redmine

Press the red arrow, write what you did and press Save.

For Redmine admins

Statistics and the extra submit fields come from the free Evertimer Redmine plugin. An admin installs it once on the Redmine server; on our Redmine it is already in place.

On the plugin's settings page the admin decides which projects, trackers, statuses, activities or field values count as non-billable. See the plugin page.

Get started

Ready in two minutes

Install Evertimer, sign in with your Redmine API key and start your first timer.

Add to Chrome

Works in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Install and sign in

  1. Add Evertimer from the Chrome Web Store.
  2. Click its icon, paste https://mine.everlabs.com as the Redmine Domain.
  3. Paste your API key and press Save.

Where is my API key?

  1. Open your API key page in Redmine.
  2. Copy the key shown there.
  3. Or: My account → “API access key” on the right → Show.

Submit before you uninstall

Removing Evertimer deletes time you haven't submitted, on every computer where you use it. Time already in Redmine is safe.

In action

Every action, step by step

Scroll through the steps. Each clip plays as you reach it.

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Sign in

Paste our Redmine address and your personal API key. Not sure where the key is? Hover the question mark.

  1. Click the Evertimer icon in the toolbar
  2. Redmine Domain: https://mine.everlabs.com
  3. Paste your API key and press Save

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Add a task

Copy the issue link from Redmine and paste it. The title, project and estimate come in by themselves.

  1. Press + at the top
  2. Paste the issue link or type its number
  3. Press Add

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Start and switch

Press play to start. Starting another task pauses the running one, so time is never counted twice.

  1. Press the green play button
  2. Press it on another task to switch
  3. A green dot on the toolbar icon means a timer is running

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Reorder

Put tasks in the order you work on them. Grab the dotted handle that appears on the left of a card.

  1. Hover a card
  2. Drag the dotted handle up or down
  3. Drop it where you want it

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Pin

Keep important tasks at the top. Hover a card and use the small toolbar above its corner.

  1. Hover the card
  2. Click the bookmark icon
  3. The task moves to the pinned group

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Notes

Keep your own reminders on a task: links, phone numbers, next steps. Links become clickable once saved.

  1. Hover the card and click the pencil (1)
  2. Write your note in Task Notes (2) and press Save
A task card in notes edit mode
  1. 1Pencil
  2. 2Task Notes

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Fix the time

Forgot to start the timer? Pause it, click the time and type the right value.

  1. Pause the timer
  2. Click the time and type the new value
  3. Click anywhere outside the box to apply

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Delete

Done with a task? Remove it from your list. Evertimer asks first, because unsent time on it is lost.

  1. Hover the card
  2. Click the trash icon
  3. Confirm with Delete

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Submit

Send your time to Redmine from the card. The timer resets for the next session and the task stays in your list.

  1. Press the red arrow
  2. Write what you did
  3. Press Save

If Redmine refuses an entry, nothing is lost: see what happens.

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Another day

Logging yesterday's work? Open the date field and pick the day. Today is selected by default.

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Change status

Move the issue along while you log time, for example to Resolved when the fix is done, without opening Redmine.

Statistics

Your stats at a glance

Three circles under your name: today, this week and this month. Click “Statistics” above them to fold them away or bring them back. Point at a number to see where it is.

Statistics with the Week circle hovered, above the task list
  1. 1Today fills toward a 7.5-hour day. Click it to open today’s entries in Redmine.
  2. 2Week fills toward 37.5 hours. Thin lines along the ring split billable and non-billable time.
  3. 3Month fills toward 140 hours. The pale part is time tracked but not submitted yet.
  4. 4Exact hours hover any circle for billable, non-billable and not-yet-submitted hours.
Full day: 7.5 hFull week: 37.5 hFull month: 140 h

Submitting time

Submit right from the extension

Everything Redmine needs is on the task card, so you never have to open Redmine.

The submit form on a task card
  1. 1Comment what you did. Required. Enter saves, Esc cancels.
  2. 2Date today, or pick another day.
  3. 3Activity your usual one from Settings is already selected.
  4. 4Status move the issue, e.g. to In Progress, in the same step.
  5. 5Non-Billable tick it for time the client doesn’t pay for.
  6. 6Save sends the entry. The arrow next to it offers “Submit via Redmine”.

Tips

Things you might miss

Small features that save time once you know them. Open one to see how.

Your task card, up close

Hover a number to see where it is.

Two task cards
  1. 1Title and project the title opens the issue in Redmine, the project opens its issue list. A red bookmark means the task is pinned.
  2. 2Play starts the timer; another running one pauses.
  3. 3Time click it on a paused task to type the right time.
  4. 4Red arrow opens the submit form.
  5. 5Notes your own reminders on the task. Web, email and phone links in them are clickable.
  6. 6Estimated time time already logged in Redmine against the estimate, overruns included.
  7. 7Full title long titles are shortened; hover to read them in full.
Move several tasks at onceSelect several cards and drag them together.
  1. Click the drag handles of the cards you want (they turn light pink)
  2. Drag one of them
  3. Drop: all selected cards move together

Timer

Green dot on the toolbar iconWhile any timer runs, the Evertimer icon shows a green dot, even with the popup closed and on your other computers.
Several timers at onceNeed two clocks running? Switch on “Allow multiple issues tracking” in Settings.
  1. Menu ☰ → Settings
  2. Switch on “Allow multiple issues tracking”
  3. Press Save
How time is roundedCards show whole minutes. Redmine receives hours rounded up to the next 0.01 h, which is 36 seconds.
Safe when the clock changesMoving your computer’s clock back never makes tracked time shrink or go negative.

Submitting

Messages close on clickClick the green or red message on a card to close it right away.
Submit via RedmineThe arrow next to Save opens Redmine’s own time-entry form, already filled in, for a one-off entry.

Prefer Redmine’s form every time? Switch off “Submit tasks via API” in Settings: then every Save opens the filled-in Redmine form instead of saving in the background.

Your usual activityPick a Default activity in Settings once; it is preselected on every submit.
Enter to save, Esc to cancelBoth work while you type in the comment box.
Cancel keeps your timeCancel throws away the comment you typed, never the tracked time.
A field Evertimer can’t fillIf Redmine insists on a field only its own form has, Evertimer opens that form for you, filled in, and keeps your time.

Everyday

Everlabs quick linksThe icons under your name open Redmine, Everbook, Everhub and Payments. Your photo and name open your Redmine page.
Report a bugSomething odd? The “Report a bug” link in Settings opens a short form.
Works in incognito and EdgeAllow Evertimer in incognito on its Details page to use the same tasks there. It works in Microsoft Edge too.

Get Evertimer

Your Redmine time, one click away

Add Evertimer, sign in with your Redmine API key and press play. Works in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Add to ChromeHow to sign in