# toggl/track-extension

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1,145 stars · 564 forks · JavaScript · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/toggl/track-extension
- Homepage: http://toggl.github.io/track-extension
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/toggl-track-extension.md

## Topics

`chrome` `chrome-extension` `firefox` `firefox-addon` `javascript` `toggl`

## Description

Track-extension is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that records work hours and manages active timers directly from the browser toolbar and centralized popup menus. It functions as a productivity utility by embedding interactive time measurement controls into third-party websites and project management tools, preventing context switching while tracking task duration.

The extension injects timer buttons into external web applications by matching page URLs against registered rule sets and manipulating the host document structure at runtime. It configures these embedded timers with descriptions, projects, tasks, tags, and custom styles through an embedded scripting interface. 

Additional capabilities include connecting time tracking tools to custom domains and self-hosted server instances. The software relies on background service workers to maintain active timer states and handle network synchronization independently from transient popup or content script lifecycles.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Time Tracking And Focus](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/productivity/time-tracking-and-focus.md) — Tracks work hours and measures task duration directly from the browser without switching tabs.
- [URL Pattern Matchers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/regex-and-pattern-matching/regex-pattern-matching/url-pattern-matchers.md) — Matches target web application URLs against regular expression rule sets at runtime.

### Business & Productivity Software

- [Browser Productivity Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/browser-productivity-extensions.md) — Provides browser extension utilities that embed time measurement controls into third-party websites.
- [Third-Party Productivity Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/third-party-productivity-integrations.md) — Embeds timer controls directly into popular third-party web applications and project management tools.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Third-Party Tool Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/third-party-tool-integrations.md) — Inserts interactive timer buttons directly into third-party web tools to record work hours. ([source](https://github.com/toggl/track-extension/blob/master/README.md))

### Web Development

- [Browser Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/browser-integration-utilities/browser-extension-development/browser-extensions.md) — Acts as a browser extension that injects interactive time tracking buttons into third-party web applications.
- [Persistent Background Workers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/background-processing-workers/persistent-background-workers.md) — Maintains persistent background service worker states for handling network synchronization and active timers.
- [Extension Message Bridges](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/browser-integration-utilities/browser-extension-development/browser-extensions/message-passing-channels/extension-message-bridges.md) — Communicates securely between isolated extension components and background workers using structured messaging.
- [Content Script Injection Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/custom-page-frameworks/page-content-injections/script-injections/content-script-injection-architectures.md) — Injects interactive timer widgets into host document structures across external web applications.
- [Third-Party Script Embeds](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/third-party-script-embeds.md) — Embeds time tracking controls directly into popular external websites and productivity tools. ([source](https://github.com/toggl/track-extension/blob/master/docs/INTEGRATIONS.md))
- [Web Page Widget Injections](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/web-page-widget-injections.md) — Attaches timer controls directly into third-party web applications by matching page URLs. ([source](https://github.com/toggl/track-extension/blob/master/docs/CREATING_INTEGRATIONS.md))

### User Interface & Experience

- [Popup Menu Triggers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/point-and-click-menu-selectors/popup-menu-triggers.md) — Enables users to start, stop, and edit time entries or switch tasks directly inside a centralized popup menu. ([source](https://github.com/toggl/track-extension#readme))