Bartib

Bartib is a command-line time tracking tool that logs activities in plaintext files and provides flexible reporting options, making it suitable for straightforward personal time tracking.

Time Tracking CLI Tools
5/13/2025
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Bartib

Bartib is a simple, open-source time tracking tool for the command line. It logs all tracked activities to a plaintext file and offers flexible reporting options, making it suitable for straightforward personal time tracking.

Features

  • Command-line Interface: Easy to use from the terminal.
  • Plaintext Log Files: All activities are stored in a human-readable, editable text file.
  • Flexible Reporting: Generate various reports based on your tracked activities.
  • Manual Editing: Activity logs can be edited or new activities added manually using your preferred text editor.
  • Auto-completion: Shell scripts available for bash, fish, and zsh to enable project name autocompletion.
  • Custom Log File Location: Specify log file location via a command-line parameter or environment variable.
  • Simple Commands: Includes commands to start, stop, continue, list, and report on activities, as well as to edit logs.
  • Open Source: Licensed under an open-source license and written in Rust.
  • Cross-platform Installation: Installable via pre-built executables, Cargo, Homebrew, AUR, and APK (testing for Alpine Linux).

Pricing

Bartib is free and open source.

Tags

command-line logging reporting open-source

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command-line
logging
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