activitywatch
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.
- quantified-self
- activitywatch
- productivity
- time-tracking
- time-tracker
- afk
- cross-platform
- app
- timetracker
- analytics
- dashboard
- timetracking
- Stars
- 19,060
- Forks
- 1,026
- + today
- +1
- Created
- 10y
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Overview
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused. It ranks #728 on GitTiger, gaining +1 star on October 5, 2026 (UTC).
The project is written in Python and has 1,026 forks. It was created 10y ago.
Installation
git clone https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch.git
cd activitywatch
# see README for setup