ActivityWatch Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Basic computer logon tracking/monitoring tools?

  But have a look at https://activitywatch.net/. Source: 5 months ago

• I am looking for an Ubuntu tool to keep track of time spent actively using the computer

  I have used a tool called Activity Watch, an open source project. But this is kind of too much for me. Source: 8 months ago

• Ask HN: What apps do you use to focus?

  I am using Firefox extension "LeechBlock" . Free and very flexible. Also for better analysis, my laptop time spending using activity watch - https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/ - https://activitywatch.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Do you accurately track your time?

  If you want to do this independent of the PSA agent you can look at ActivityWatch to run on your own systems. If you really want to you can go into the Activity section of the Dashboard and get a pretty detailed view of what you had open, and you can use the Category Builder to auto-assign things to work, social media, etc. Source: 10 months ago

• Figuring out and keeping track of your Sims 2 playtime: A Reticulated Guide

  ActivityWatch is another free software that allows you to keep track of your playtime, although that's an oversimplification of what it really is because it keeps track of all the windows you've opened on your computer. The main purpose of this app is helping with productivity, as it gives you a clue of what you've done on your PC and for how long. Source: 11 months ago

• 916 days of Emacs

  It's two projects, ActivityWatch and WakaTime. Source: about 1 year ago

• Hi! I'm RavensDagger, Author of a heap of wholesome stories! I'm doing a 24 hour AMA!

  There is software that can log it for you. https://activitywatch.net/ is free and open source. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is there a way to track the amount of time you spend in a project?

  I use ActivityWatch, which tracks your time in apps or projects by looking at the window titles. https://activitywatch.net/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Linux software list. Discussion and advice welcome!

  Activitywatch - tracks app usage and productivity with graphical data log. Source: about 1 year ago

• Deleted my account after 1.5 years

  Can't help you with iOS, as its all Apple's decision/fault due to privacy concerns with the needed APIs, but I'm building a free and open source alternative (that's kinda popular) if that's your thing: https://activitywatch.net. Source: over 1 year ago

• I added visualizations of spent time to my lightweight time tracker app

  I'm building ActivityWatch, which is also privacy/local-first, but focuses on automatic tracking over manual (and SQLite instead of plaintext files). We too have implemented a hierarchical category system :). Source: over 1 year ago

• Program and Website Blocker

  You also may want to look at Activity Watch - https://activitywatch.net/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Are there any good alternatives to WhatPulse?

  ActivityWatch. Found it using https://alternativeto.net/software/whatpulse/ because I hadn't heard of WhatPulse before. Great site for finding alternatives, since it has a bunch of filter options for OS and license types. Source: over 1 year ago

• [List] Let's talk about the software you can't live without. Here is my list

  ActivityWatch - a program to track your activity, just like on phones (Free • Open Source). Source: almost 2 years ago

• time/screen usage tracking

  ActivityWatch. It's FOSS, cross platform and has a dashboard. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What do you use to track your time?

  ActivityWatch is the best time tracker I have ever tried. https://activitywatch.net/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What do you use to track your time?

  I track the time I spend on my computer with https://activitywatch.net/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Granular app tracking on iOS/iPadOS?

  I'm building ActivityWatch, and we're supporting basically every OS, except iOS. I've even been in contact with well-funded researchers, who are very frustratingly facing the same issue. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Any good alternatives to digital wellbeing app?

  UsageDirect, you can find on F-droid. Activity watch, you can find on play store. In both you cannot choose how much time is spent in each app. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Automatic time tracking tools

  There is Activitywatch which is fully automatic, and open source. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Searchable computer activity recording / 'second memory' / 'smartpen for your screen'

  The nearest thing I have found is ActivityWatch, but that's more for time tracking as it doesn't capture screenshots or audio (system or mic). Source: about 2 years ago