ActivityWatch
ActivityWatch is a free and open-source automated time tracker focused on privacy and extensibility. It supports cross-platform tracking, custom plugins, browser extensions, and provides detailed reports to help users analyze their time usage.
About this tool
ActivityWatch
Website: https://activitywatch.net/
Category: Automated Time Tracking
Tags: open-source, automatic-tracking, privacy, cross-platform
Description
ActivityWatch is a free and open-source app that automatically tracks how you spend time on your devices. It is privacy-focused, cross-platform, and extensible, providing users with detailed reports to analyze their time usage.
Features
- Automatic Tracking: Automatically tracks active application and window title usage out of the box.
- Watchers: Extend tracking to additional activities via custom watchers (plugins).
- Categories: Break down time usage into categories for better insights.
- Browser Extensions: Track active tab usage in Chrome and Firefox browsers.
- Editor Plugins: Track time spent coding with editor-specific plugins.
- Privacy-first: All data is stored locally on your device, and does not leave your computer.
- Cross-platform: Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.
- Detailed Reporting: Provides detailed reports and timelines for time analysis.
- Open Source: Fully open source with community contributions.
- Extensible: Supports custom plugins for additional tracking capabilities.
- Local Web Interface: Access your data and reports via a local web UI (localhost:5600).
- Productivity Analysis: Helps monitor productivity, track project time, log digital life, and identify behavioral trends.
- No Cloud Required: No cloud account or external server necessary.
- Lifelogging & Quantified Self: Useful for lifelogging and self-knowledge through numbers.
- Research Uses: Can be used for research into attention, productivity, and behavior.
Note: Device synchronization is planned but not yet available.
Pricing
- Free: ActivityWatch is completely free and open-source software; no paid plans or subscriptions.
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