work-snapshots

A tool that takes screenshots every few minutes to help users review and manage their work sessions.

• Source: GitHub Repository
• Category: Automated Time Tracking
• Tags: open-source, automatic-tracking, screenshot, usage-monitoring

Features

• Automatic Screenshots: Takes screenshots at regular intervals when specific applications are running.
• Session Grouping: Screenshots are grouped into "work sessions" for better review and organization.
• Tagging: Each session can be tagged with a project to track time spent on various work items.
• Activity Visualization: The "Stats" page provides a heatmap of activity by day and a table summarizing time spent on different projects.
• Selective Recording: Recording can be disabled even when tracked applications are open by using a "Force Ignore Activity" function.
• Tray Application: Uses a tray icon (via AutoHotKey on Windows, a separate utility on Mac) to control enablement and disablement of screenshot recording.
• Customizable Application List: The tray component checks for running programs against a hardcoded list to determine when to record.
• Cross-Platform Support: Includes a Mac utility (tray-mac) for similar functionality, with data syncing possible between Mac and other machines.
• Backend Server: Python server backend for managing and serving work session data.
• Frontend UI: React-based frontend to browse work sessions and individual snapshots.

Pricing

• Open Source: No pricing plans are mentioned; the tool is available as open source software.

Requirements

• AutoHotKey for tray functionality on Windows.
• Screen recording privileges required on Mac.
• Some configuration (e.g., output directory, application list) is required before running.