Connect to cloud
When ManicTime is first opened, you will see a screen like this:
Click on Connect to cloud and enter your credentials.
If you already have ManicTime installed, then open ManicTime, go to Tools and settings -> Server settings or Tools and settings -> Connect to Cloud\Server.
Connect to ManicTime server
How to connect to ManicTime server
Sign in to a server with the new sign-in system
ManicTime Server v2026.3 has a new sign-in system. To connect to it, you need ManicTime v2026.3 or newer. If you are not sure which system your server uses, ask your administrator.
- In the connection window, enter the server URL.
- On the Sign in step, click one of the options:
- Continue as DOMAIN\user signs in with your Windows account.
- Continue as user@company.com signs in with a Microsoft work account on your computer.
- Sign in as a different user opens the server's sign-in page in your browser.
- If the browser opens, sign in there. Then return to ManicTime.
The Continue as options sign you in without a browser. ManicTime shows only the options that the server supports. If there is no Continue as option, ManicTime opens the browser immediately.
If ManicTime was installed with a deployment file, it signs in automatically as the user who is logged on to Windows. See Deploying to Windows users.
After you sign in, ManicTime stays signed in. If your administrator removes your sign-in method or archives your user, ManicTime keeps tracking on your computer. It stops sending data to the server until you sign in again.
Which data would you like to send
On the next page you can select which data you want to transfer to the server.
Server status
Once you hit Ok, you can see server status at the bottom of Main window and also as which user you are sending data. On the image bellow you can see ManicTime publishing five timelines and downloading tags.
If you right click on server status you can edit or delete the server. You can also double click it or choose 'Go to server' to open server's web site in the browser or pause sending data to server.
Loading timelines from server
To load the timeline from the server, go to Timelines editor, click on Add timeline.
Then choose ManicTime server as a source, and check timeline you wish to see.
Click Ok and another timeline should be visible on today view.
If device which you have added from cloud/server to timelines is publishing screenshots, then you will also see a screenshot, the same way as it is seen on local timelines.
Restricting tags on the client
Administrators set the approved tag list in Administration → Allowed tags on ManicTime Cloud or Server. Once the Windows client is connected, the list is available in the Add tag window and is updated during synchronization. Tags supplied by integrations configured on Cloud or Server also appear in the client's tag suggestions; you do not need to configure the same integration locally just to use those tags.
If an administrator disallows tags outside the approved list, a tag that does not match an allowed entry cannot be saved. Whether users may append more levels to an allowed tag is configurable. For the exact matching rules and setup steps, see Allowed tags and Windows tagging settings.
Create Timesheet from server timelines
By default, Timesheet works on local Tag timeline. Once ManicTime is connected to a server, you can run Timesheet on any server Tag timeline to which you have access to.
Once you are connected to a server, ManicTime will show all Tag timelines you have access to. You can choose as many tag timelines as you like to make a timesheet. ManicTime will pull data from all of them and combine it into a single report.
For this to work you only need a server connection, you don't have to add timelines to the Day view, ManicTime will list all Tag timelines it finds on the server regardless whether they are added on Day view or not.