ActivityWatch is an automated time tracking application that records how you spend time on your devices while keeping the collected data on your own machine.
It includes a local server, a web-based interface for exploring collected data, and desktop components that can automatically monitor active windows and AFK status. The project can also be extended with browser and editor integrations to capture web browsing and coding activity.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides dashboard and timeline views to explore activity summaries and detailed usage patterns.
- Supports categories, filtering, and historical browsing of tracked application and website activity.
- Includes a query explorer for executing custom queries against collected activity data.
- Offers JSON export and a REST API for accessing and working with recorded data.
- Uses an extensible architecture with additional watchers, browser extensions, and editor integrations.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
Support:
Developer: ActivityWatch
License: Mozilla Public License 2.0
ActivityWatch is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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