doing is a command-line tool for recording what you’re working on and keeping a record of what you’ve accomplished. It’s designed for people who want a quick way to jot down their activities without leaving the terminal or managing a complicated time-tracking system.
The program stores entries in a TaskPaper-compatible text file. Each entry has a timestamp and can include tags, notes and completion information. Activities can be organised into separate sections, making it easy to distinguish between projects, personal tasks and other commitments.
doing is particularly useful if you frequently switch between tasks and later struggle to remember how your time was spent. It relies on manual entries rather than automatically monitoring desktop activity, giving you control over what gets recorded.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Record activities with simple commands such as
doing now,doing doneanddoing later. - Track elapsed time between starting and completing tasks, with support for backdating entries and specifying durations.
- Browse recent activities, today’s entries or work recorded during a particular date range.
- Search entries using fuzzy text matching or regular expressions, with filters for sections, tags and dates.
- Generate time reports with totals grouped by tags or sections, including averages and different time formats.
- Create custom views and output templates to control how recorded information is displayed.
- Use an interactive fuzzy-search menu to select, edit, tag, finish or archive multiple entries.
- Resume previous activities, attach notes and highlight important entries.
- Export records in formats including CSV, JSON, HTML and TaskPaper.
- Automatic tagging rules, configurable settings and per-directory configuration.
- Archive older entries and rotate records into separate files.
Website: github.com/ttscoff/doing
Support:
Developer: Brett Terpstra
License: MIT License
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