WorkTUImer is a simple, keyboard-driven TUI for time-tracking that allows you to quickly add time blocks and automatically group time if same task was done in different sessions
It’s built with Rust and ratatui for efficient time management.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Fully keyboard-driven: No mouse required – everything accessible via keybinds
- Active timer tracking: Start/stop/pause timers that automatically update work records with actual time spent
- Time as PIN-Inputs: Easly type time with 4 clicks, since all time inputs are PIN-input alike
- Log tasks and breaks, get totals automatically: Add work entries with start/end times – durations are calculated and summed
- Task picker with history: Quickly select from previously used task names or create new ones
- Calendar navigation: Jump between days, weeks, and months
- Arrow keys or Vim motions: Navigate with arrow keys + Enter, or use h/j/k/l + i for Vim-style workflow
- Inline editing with undo/redo: Fix mistakes in place, up to 50 levels of history
- Auto-saves locally per day: Data stored in a local SQLite database under dirs::data_local_dir() (or ./data/work-tuimer.db fallback)
- Optional ticket integration: Detect and link to JIRA, Linear, GitHub issues from task names – open ticket URLs directly in your browser from the app
Website: github.com/Kamyil/work-tuimer
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Developer: Kamil Kseń
License: MIT License
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