Create a Timesheet Online Free
🚀 Fill In Your Timesheet Details
Enter your info below — the preview on the right updates live as you type. Nothing leaves your device.
🏢 Your Details
📅 Period Details
🧮 Daily Entries
🖼️ Live Preview
Your Name
| Date | Task / Description | Hours | Billable |
|---|
Prepared By
Approved By
Quick answer: Fill in your details and the client or project name, add a row for each day worked with a task description and hours, toggle which rows are billable, and optionally set an hourly rate. Click Download PDF to get a print-ready timesheet with automatic total hours, billable hours, and amount calculated for you. Everything happens locally in your browser using jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable to draw real vector text - not a screenshot image. The live preview updates instantly, and nothing is ever sent to a server.
- Cost: Free, unlimited timesheets, no signup.
- Where it runs: 100% in your browser — no upload, no server storage.
- Output: A real text-based PDF (selectable, searchable, small file size).
- Customization: Logo, accent color, currency, hourly rate, unlimited daily rows.
- Automatic totals: Total hours, billable hours, and amount owed.
- Multi-page: Automatically paginates long time periods.
💰 Rate Is Optional: Leave the hourly rate blank if you just want to track hours without showing an amount owed - the total hours and billable hours still calculate either way.
☑️ Billable Toggle: Unchecking a row keeps it visible on the timesheet but excludes those hours from the billable total and amount calculation.
🖨️ Real Text, Not a Screenshot: The PDF is built from actual vector text using jsPDF, so it stays sharp at any zoom, the text is selectable/searchable, and the file stays small.
✅ Privacy: Your timesheet data, including any logo you upload, is processed locally — it is never uploaded, transmitted, or stored anywhere.
✅ 100% Private: Your timesheet, including your logo, is generated locally in your browser using JavaScript. No data is ever uploaded to a server or stored anywhere.
Note: Your timesheet data will be cleared once your session ends or you clear the app.
How to Create a Printable Timesheet PDF
Fill in Your Details
Enter your name, client or project name, and the period covered.
Add Daily Entries
Add a row for each day worked with a task description and hours.
Mark Billable Hours
Toggle which rows are billable, and set an hourly rate if you want an amount calculated.
Download the PDF
Click Download PDF to save a crisp, print-ready timesheet.
🔒 Your Timesheet Never Leaves Your Device
This tool builds the entire timesheet — including your logo and hours worked — using jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable running entirely inside your browser tab. There is no upload step, no server-side processing, and no network request that contains your time-tracking data.
Common Uses for a Timesheet Generator
Freelancers & Consultants
Track billable hours per client or project and submit a clean record alongside an invoice.
Contractors & Part-Time Staff
Log hours for approval by a manager or client before payroll or invoicing.
Small Agencies
Track time across multiple team members and projects with a consistent format.
Billable vs Non-Billable Tracking
Separate client work from internal or admin time using the billable toggle per row.
Project Time Reporting
Give a client visibility into how hours were spent across tasks during a project.
Pre-Invoice Records
Finalize hours worked before entering the total into a separate invoice for payment.
Why Use This Timesheet Generator?
- Fully Client-Side: jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable both run in your browser — no upload.
- Real Vector Text: Sharp, selectable, searchable PDF output — not a flattened screenshot.
- Live Preview: See exactly how your timesheet looks as you fill in each field.
- Automatic Totals: Total hours, billable hours, and amount calculate as you type.
- Billable Toggle: Clearly separate chargeable time from internal or admin work.
- Optional Hourly Rate: Track hours only, or show a full amount owed.
- Signature-Ready: Includes Prepared By and Approved By signature lines.
- 100% Free & Private: No account, no watermark, no server storing your data.
Timesheet Generator – Complete Guide
Full time-tracking software makes sense for large teams, but it's often overkill for a freelancer submitting weekly hours to one client, or a small team that just needs a clean record for approval. A well-formatted timesheet does the job just as well - showing exactly what was worked on, when, and for how long, with totals a client or manager can check at a glance.
What Makes a Good Timesheet?
A useful timesheet identifies who worked the hours, for which client or project, and over what period. At minimum, that means a name, a period start and end date, and a row for each day with a task description and hours. This tool includes all of that, plus a billable toggle per row, an optional hourly rate with automatic amount calculation, and signature lines for approval.
How This Generator Actually Works
As you fill in the form, every field is read directly into a JavaScript object representing your timesheet, and a live HTML preview re-renders instantly so you can see the final layout before downloading anything. Total hours, billable hours, and the total amount recalculate automatically as you type or toggle rows. When you click Download PDF, that same data is handed to jsPDF, which draws your header and totals as genuine vector text - not a picture of text - directly onto a PDF page. The daily entries table is built with jsPDF-AutoTable, which handles column widths, borders, and automatic pagination if your period runs long. The finished document is then handed back to your browser as a file to save - at no point does any of this data leave your device or touch a server.
Timesheet vs Invoice
| Aspect | Timesheet (this tool) | Invoice |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Records hours worked, day by day | Requests payment for work completed |
| Typical use | Submitted for approval before billing | Sent to request payment |
| Key field | Billable hours per day | Line item amounts and totals |
Billable vs Non-Billable Time
| Type | Examples | Included in Amount? |
|---|---|---|
| Billable | Client project work, scoped deliverables | Yes |
| Non-Billable | Internal meetings, admin, unpaid revisions | No, tracked separately |
Security and Privacy Considerations
- No Data Upload: Every field you fill in, and any logo you upload, stays on your device.
- No Server Processing: PDF generation runs entirely as client-side JavaScript.
- No Storage: Nothing about your timesheet is saved once you close or refresh the tab.
- No Account Needed: There is no login, tracking of your timesheet content, or usage cap.
Browser Compatibility and Technical Requirements
This Timesheet Generator works in modern browsers that support:
- File API / FileReader: To read an uploaded logo image locally.
- JavaScript PDF generation (jsPDF): For building the actual downloadable document.
- Blob downloads: For saving the finished PDF to your device.
Supported Browsers:
- ✅ Chrome/Edge 76+
- ✅ Firefox 55+
- ✅ Safari 13.1+
- ✅ Mobile Chrome (Android), Mobile Safari (iOS) — download supported
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Explanation: The PDF needs at least one row with a description or hours filled in to be worth generating. Solution: Fill in at least one daily entry, then try downloading again.
Explanation: The amount only calculates when you enter an hourly rate - without one, the tool shows total and billable hours only. Solution: Enter a value in the Hourly Rate field if you want an amount calculated.
Explanation: Only PNG and JPG logo files are supported; other image formats or corrupted files may fail to embed. Solution: Re-save your logo as a PNG or JPG and upload it again.
Explanation: This shouldn't normally happen — the tool automatically adds new pages when content doesn't fit. Solution: If you notice an issue, try shortening very long task descriptions.
Frequently Asked Technical Questions
Question 1: What actually builds the PDF - is it a known library?
Answer: This tool uses jsPDF, a widely used open-source JavaScript library for generating PDF documents in the browser, together with its jsPDF-AutoTable plugin for the daily entries table - both loaded directly in your browser.
Question 2: How are total hours and billable hours calculated?
Answer: The tool sums the hours value from every entry for the total, and separately sums only the entries marked billable for the billable total - both recalculate on every keystroke or toggle.
Question 3: How is the total amount calculated?
Answer: If an hourly rate is provided, the tool multiplies the billable hours total by that rate to get the total amount - non-billable hours are excluded from this calculation entirely.
Question 4: How is my logo embedded in the PDF?
Answer: The uploaded image is read as a Base64 data URL using the FileReader API, then passed directly to jsPDF's image-embedding function, which places it at a fixed position and size in the top-left of the document.
Question 5: Does this tool need an account, server, or API key?
Answer: No. jsPDF, jsPDF-AutoTable, and the live preview all run as ordinary JavaScript already loaded by this page — you never need an account or any API key to use it.
Glossary of Terms
- Timesheet
- A record of hours worked over a given period, broken down by day and task.
- Billable Hours
- Hours worked that are chargeable to a client or project, as opposed to internal or non-chargeable time.
- Hourly Rate
- The amount charged or paid per hour of billable work.
- Pay Period
- The span of time, such as a week or a month, that a single timesheet covers.
- Approver
- The manager or client who reviews and signs off on a submitted timesheet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, completely free with no watermark, no signup, and no limit on how many timesheets you create.
No. The entire timesheet, including your logo if you add one, is built and turned into a PDF entirely inside your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted over the network.
Yes. As you enter hours for each row, the tool automatically sums total hours and billable hours, and calculates a total amount if you provide an hourly rate.
Checking a row as billable includes those hours in the billable hours total and the amount calculation. Unchecking it keeps the entry on the timesheet but excludes it from billing, useful for internal or non-chargeable time.
Yes. Enter the team member's name in the Prepared By field and use the Approved By signature line for their manager or client to sign off.
This tool doesn't auto-convert documents, but once you know the total billable hours and amount, you can enter that as a line item in our separate Invoice Generator.
Yes. If your entries don't fit on one page, the tool automatically adds further pages and numbers them.
Final Thoughts
A clear timesheet makes approval and billing faster for everyone involved. This tool builds a clean, print-ready timesheet with automatic totals and a real vector-text PDF using jsPDF and jsPDF-AutoTable — all without your time-tracking data ever leaving your device.
Fill in your details above and download your first timesheet!