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The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 7 stories, 12 comments · first 2018-09-14 · latest 2026-03-10

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  1. Related to this, I highly recommend anyone to install github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch, it's an amazing tool to keep track of your computer use completely locally. I think there are lots of possibilities with data analysis/AI aimed…
    comment by egeres · 2026-03-10 · in I put my whole life into a single database
  2. …I've built something similar ( https://github.com/Srakai/aw-llm-worker ) on top of ActivityWatch ( https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch )
    comment by Xx_crazy420_xX · 2025-10-27 · in Recall for Linux
  3. I've used https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch before on Linux, it's actually quite good but takes a fair bit of fiddling to get good results.
    comment by sally_glance · 2025-09-25 · in Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day
  4. Similar (activity recording of each window), but not exactly the same (no screenshots): https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
    comment by petemir · 2024-04-23 · in I made an open source Windows app to rewind and search everything on screen
  5. …learned or did any of that early on though and still struggle with the tradeoffs there. ---- 0: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/
    comment by xoa · 2022-04-10 · in Zim – The Zsh configuration framework
  6. …in 2016, was joined by a few friends, and it has gotten pretty good (people really like it!): https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
    comment by ErikBjare · 2021-09-28 · in Launch HN: RescueTime (YC W08) – Redesigned for wellness, balance, remote work
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    ActivityWatch: Cross-platform, private app for automatic time usage tracking
    story by crazypython · 2021-03-28 · 0 comments
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    Cross-platform, open-source app for automatic time usage tracking
    story by crazypython · 2021-03-18 · 0 comments
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    Automatically track how you spend time on your computer with FLOSS
    story by crazypython · 2021-03-17 · 0 comments
  10. This: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch I find my "estimation" and my "reality" are always pretty far off. You need to track this to get an accurate assessment. This is the best tool for productivity tracking I've found; it's…
    comment by asjldkfin · 2020-12-14 · in Ask HN: How many hours per day do you work?
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    Automatic and invisible time tracking – open-sourced – privacy focused
    story by asjldkfin · 2020-12-12 · 1 comment
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    Show HN: ActivityWatch – Automated time tracker, cross-platform and open-source
    story by ErikBjare · 2020-09-14 · 3 comments
  13. …with an automated script. Maybe useful for billing but nothing else. https://www.manictime.com/ https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch [3] https://davidseah.com/node/the-emergent-task-timer/
    comment by lrpublic · 2020-07-03 · in Declining eyesight improved by looking at deep red light
  14. I saw some projects in which my instinct was "too many repos" (e.g. https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch ), exactly for the reasons you mentioned. However, in my case - as the project gets bigger, I appreciate it more. In the…
    comment by stared · 2020-04-27 · in Monorepoize – Bash scripts for creating a monorepo out of smaller repos
  15. …was a game-changer. A small note - if you prefer something more private, and open-source, there is https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch (I use it as well). Not as polished, but clearly logging well, and it has Web UI on…
    comment by stared · 2020-04-13 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?
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    ActivityWatch: Open-Source Time/Productivity Tracker
    story by mettamage · 2019-09-17 · 1 comment
  17. …It's definitely helped me rebuild a memory of my activities on days that got away from me. [0] https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
    comment by jacobtwotwo · 2019-02-19 · in How Not to Do Time Tracking for Software Developers
  18. …ActivityWatch[1] which is not perfectly feature complete but it’s a decent alternative. [1]: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
    comment by nibnalin · 2018-11-10 · in Apple has removed us from the App Store
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    ActivityWatch – securely logs how you spend your time on your computer
    story by sandebert · 2018-09-14 · 0 comments