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ActivityWatch

ActivityWatch

Open-source time tracker

•47 reviews•

146 followers

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ActivityWatch was ranked #3 of the day for July 7th, 2019
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Johan Bjäreholt
Erik Bjäreholt
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What is ActivityWatch?

ActivityWatch is an app that automatically tracks how you spend time on your devices. It is open source, privacy-first, cross-platform, and a great alternative to services like RescueTime, ManicTime, and WakaTime. It can be used to keep track of your productivity, time spent on different projects, bad screen habits, or just to understand how you spend your time.

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ActivityWatch
ActivityWatch Track how you spend your time. Privacy-focused & open source

Launched on July 7th, 2019

ActivityWatch was ranked #3 of the day for July 7th, 2019
ActivityWatch was ranked #3 of the day for July 7th, 2019

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Erik Bjäreholt
Erik Bjäreholt
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6yr ago

ActivityWatch - Track how you spend your time. Privacy-focused & open source

ActivityWatch is a cross-platform automated time tracker that helps you track and understand how you spend your time on your devices. It is different in that it keeps all your data private, is completely open source, and built to be extended and hackable.

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4.87/5 based on 47 reviews
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TΞΞLOCK Mith!lesh
TΞΞLOCK Mith!lesh
•6 reviews

ActivityWatch is a free and open-source automated time tracker that can be used to track how you spend time on your devices. It is cross-platform, extensible, and privacy-first, and can be used to keep track of your productivity, time spent on different projects, bad screen habits, or just to understand how you spend your time. It offers features such as tracking active applications and window titles, categorizing usage, browser extensions, editor plugins, and more. Users have generally given positive reviews of ActivityWatch, praising its value, features, and privacy-first approach.

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1yr ago
Stranded
Stranded
•9 reviews

Oh man gotta cut my social media consoomption and stop being a COOMER ITS NNN! JOKES aside this app is a life saver and another great self hosted open sources app and usage tracker so far been using it for 8 months and not disappointed! helped me decrease my usage and save some time i really love how data can be presented and visualized in different ways depending on your taste, and that it can count and exclude the afk time away from your PC! recommend and rec+1 just like they say in cs go lol 😇😇🥰

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1yr ago
Pierre Chauchoy
Pierre Chauchoy
•1 review

Really strong value brought to user looking to track time spent on apps / softwares / games. Good first visual design, but deserves better visualisation of data and customisable filters.

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2yr ago
Muka
Muka
•1 review

Not the easiest tracking software to config, but full of option, open-source and privacy first (offline). I am using Qbserve from long time on my Macs and for now, ActivityWatch is for me the best option I found (and using) for Windows. All my congrats to Developers!

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11mo ago
Nikhil Nair
Nikhil Nair
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brainFart

•1 review

good

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