ActivityWatch/activitywatch
Activitywatch
ActivityWatch is an open-source, privacy-focused time tracking platform that automatically records computer usage patterns to provide a comprehensive history of personal digital activity. It functions as a background service that monitors system metrics, application focus, and user input to build a detailed log of how time is allocated across various tasks and projects.
The platform distinguishes itself through a local-first architecture that stores all activity data as structured files on the user's machine, ensuring that sensitive usage history remains private and accessible offline. It supports peer-to-peer synchronization, allowing users to merge activity logs across multiple computers to maintain a unified history. Data is organized into logical containers, which are managed and queried through a local interface to generate interactive visualizations and reports.
The system utilizes a modular plugin-based architecture to capture a wide range of metadata, including browser activity, media consumption, and specific file paths from code editors. It also provides tools to import historical records from third-party services, consolidating disparate data sources into a single analytical view.
Features
- Time Tracking Tools - Automatically records computer usage and application focus in the background to track time spent on tasks.
- Open-Source Desktop Applications - Provides an open-source, privacy-focused desktop application for automatically tracking and analyzing daily digital activity.
- Local Data Processing - Stores all recorded activity logs locally on the user's machine to ensure complete privacy.
- Activity Monitors - Acts as a background service that monitors system metrics and user input to build a comprehensive history of computing habits.
- Automated Activity Loggers - Records computer usage patterns and application focus times in the background to provide a detailed history.
- Local File Syncing - Synchronizes recorded activity logs between multiple local instances to maintain a unified history.
- Activity Log Syncing - Synchronizes recorded activity logs between multiple local instances to maintain a unified history.
- Privacy-Focused Processing - Ensures data privacy by processing and storing all activity logs locally on the user's machine.
- Editor Activity Trackers - Captures file paths and project metadata from active code editors to attribute development time.
- Personal Analytics Dashboards - Aggregates and displays personal productivity data through interactive charts to help users understand their time allocation.
- Self-Hosted - Offers a self-hosted platform for aggregating and visualizing personal productivity data on private infrastructure.
- Time-Series Visualizers - Provides interactive time-series visualizations to help users analyze their daily digital activity patterns.
- Time-Sliced Performance Analyzers - Processes collected activity data to generate insights and visualizations of time allocation.
- Peer-to-Peer Networking - Supports peer-to-peer synchronization to merge activity logs across multiple computers.
- Modular Plugin Architectures - Utilizes a modular plugin-based architecture to capture system events and application metadata.
- User Input Monitors - Tracks mouse movements, keyboard input, and window focus to identify active work periods.
- Browser Usage Trackers - Records metadata from active browser tabs including page titles and URLs.
- Productivity Tools - Listed in the “Productivity Tools” section of the Awesome Mac awesome list.
- Task and Time Management - Automated time tracking and activity monitoring.
- Time Management - Automated tracking of time spent on various computer activities.
- Time Tracking - Automated time tracking for monitoring device usage.
- Time Tracking And Focus - Privacy-focused, cross-platform automated time tracking.
- JSON-Based Persistence - Persists activity logs as structured JSON files on the local filesystem to ensure data privacy and offline accessibility.
- Cross-Device Synchronization Engines - Maintains a unified history by synchronizing activity logs across multiple local computer instances.
- Local Data Stores - Persists activity logs as structured local files to ensure data privacy and offline accessibility.
- Usage Reporting - Allows retrieval and filtering of historical usage logs to generate custom reports.
- Reactive Visualization Dashboards - Provides a browser-based interface to render interactive charts and timelines for analyzing personal productivity patterns.
- Development Time Attribution - Captures file paths and project metadata from code editors to accurately attribute development time to specific tasks.
- Media Consumption Loggers - Logs currently playing tracks and media content to understand entertainment habits.
- Bucket Aggregators - Organizes timestamped activity logs into logical containers to simplify data retrieval and cross-platform synchronization.
- System Metrics Collection - Collects hardware usage, network status, and peripheral device states for accurate time tracking.
- Activity Buckets - Organizes recorded events into logical containers to facilitate efficient data management and retrieval.
- Historical Data Import - Ingests historical time-tracking records from third-party services and calendar files.
- Inter-Process Communication - Uses a RESTful API for inter-process communication between internal components.
