Zeit is a command-line time tracker for recording the hours spent on projects and tasks. It offers an alternative to graphical time tracking applications, with commands designed to be easy to remember and integrate into everyday terminal workflows.
The application organises work into projects, tasks and time blocks. Each block represents a period of activity with a starting time, an ending time and an optional note. Tasks can be nested within projects or other tasks, making it possible to organise work into more detailed activities. Projects and tasks can also be created automatically when tracking a new activity.
One of Zeit’s distinguishing features is its support for natural-language command arguments. Rather than specifying dates and times using rigid formats, you can record an activity that started several hours ago or retrieve all the time blocks associated with a particular project during the previous week. Conventional command-line flags remain available for scripts and automation.
Zeit provides commands for reviewing recorded activities, examining time statistics and importing or exporting data. It also supports shell completion, an optional Waybar integration and external menu launchers. Precompiled releases are available for Linux and several other operating systems.
Zeit’s source code is publicly available, but its SEGV License 1.1 imposes restrictions on who may use the software. It is not free and open source software.
Key Features
- Record time spent working on individual projects and tasks.
- Organise activities using projects, nested tasks and time blocks.
- Start and end tracking sessions directly from the command line.
- Supports natural-language date and time expressions, including relative periods such as last week and four hours ago.
- Add notes to recorded time blocks for additional context.
- Filter recorded activities by project, task and date range.
- View time statistics to examine how working hours are distributed.
- Correct existing time blocks using the block management commands.
- Create projects and tasks automatically when recording new activities.
- Import and export tracking data, including JSON.
- Provides command completion for Bash, Zsh and Fish.
- Supports optional Waybar integration and dmenu-compatible project and task selection.
Website: github.com/mrusme/zeit
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Developer: mrusme
License: SEGV License 1.1
Zeit is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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