TimeTiger

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TimeTiger
Developer(s) Indigo Technologies Ltd.
Initial releaseApril 15, 1998 (1998-04-15)
Platform Web
Available inEnglish
Type Time tracking software
Website timetiger.com

TimeTiger is a time and project tracking app developed by Indigo Technologies Ltd. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Indigo was founded in 1997 and initially released TimeTiger in 1998.

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Company

The company was incorporated in 1997 and began operations as a custom software developer. [1] TimeTiger (internally called TaskMaster) was developed as a tool to help with Indigo's own project planning and estimating. [2] After releasing TimeTiger as a commercial product in 1998, Indigo shifted its focus to time and project management solutions. [3] TimeTiger first introduced support for web-based time logging in 2000, to appeal to workers who were not already tracking their time for billing reasons. [4] Subsequent development emphasized project analysis tools. [5]

Features

Software integration

Reports can be exported to Microsoft Excel or saved as Excel-compatible HTML files. Microsoft Project files can be imported and exported. A Software Development Kit is available. [8]

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