Elastic Time Documentation

Welcome to the Elastic Time documentation. This guide covers everything you need to know about using the application for time tracking, client management, invoicing, and team collaboration.

What is Elastic Time?

Elastic Time is a time tracking application designed for freelancers, consultants, and small teams. It helps you:

• Track your time with an intuitive activity logging interface
• Manage clients and projects with billing information and contracts
• Generate invoices directly from your tracked time
• Create reports with multiple views and export options
• Collaborate with your team through colleague invitations

Why We Built It

NordStack used Toggl for over 10 years. In mid-2025, Toggl released a new reporting module that completely broke our workflow. After waiting more than six months with no fixes in sight, we decided to build our own solution.

Elastic Time builds on our decade of experience as a Toggl customer, but addresses many issues—not just those introduced in mid-2025. It’s designed to help you keep a detailed record of your team’s daily activities, with support for:

• Personal notes on each activity for context and documentation
• Advanced tagging that integrates with automated categorisation and itemised billing

This tool was built to work the way we work. It’s not guaranteed to fit every workflow, but if you find it useful, you’re welcome to use it.

Elastic Time is also a showcase of what NordStack Ltd can build for your company. We specialise in web applications and have experience in almost every area of web development. We’ve built HR tools, conference apps, scheduling systems, presentation systems, zero-knowledge secure systems, real-time collaboration tools, live video streaming platforms, large document repositories, AI tooling, and more. Our work spans industries including retail, banking, healthcare, and intergovernmental organisations.

Quick Links

• Getting Started - Create your account and set up your preferences
• Activity Tracking - Learn how to log and manage your time entries
• Clients & Projects - Organize your work by client and project
• Reports - Generate detailed reports and export your data
• Invoices - Create professional invoices from your tracked time

Features Overview

Time Tracking

Log your work activities with descriptions, tags, and notes. Link activities to projects for better organization and reporting.

Client Management

Maintain a database of your clients with contact information, billing addresses, and associated projects.

Contracts & Billing

Define contracts with hourly rates and currencies. Create billing phases to track work periods.

Professional Invoices

Generate PDF invoices directly from your billing phases.

Team Collaboration

Invite colleagues to collaborate on client projects. Assign team members to specific clients for shared access.

Flexible Exports

Export your data in multiple formats including CSV, PDF, HTML, and AI-friendly formats for generating summaries.