A calm to-do list with time tracking and focus mode that keeps your data on your device.
ActivityWatch
See where your computer time goes, with all the data staying on your machine.
Tasks & focus
MPL-2.0
Reviewed version c8b9203
What it does
ActivityWatch quietly records which apps and websites you use and when you are away, then shows it in a local web dashboard. Nothing leaves your computer. You can add rules to group activity into categories such as work and leisure, and use the data for time reports or healthier habits.
- Records app, window and website use automatically
- Everything stays on your computer
- Category rules and a query language
- Windows, macOS and Linux
Great for: Anyone curious or concerned about how they spend time on screens, who also cares about privacy.
- LicenceMPL-2.0
- Where it runsYour computer (free)
- Built withrust, python, typescript
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- SourceActivityWatch/activitywatch
Ways to use it
Your AI helps you choose, based on what you need, and sets it up with you in plain words.
- On my own computerFreeActivityWatch has a desktop app. Your AI can install it with you.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with ActivityWatch. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Email me every Monday how long I spent on work, social media and learning.”
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“Send me a notification if I spend more than an hour in social media in a day.”
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“Set up categories and a daily report for a shared family computer.”
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“Export time spent in each project folder's editor as a table for invoices.”
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Can I trust it?
- MPL-2.0. Free to use and change. If you share a changed version of a file covered by this licence, you must share that file's source under the same licence. Using it privately has no extra obligations.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. A local SQLite database in your user data folder.
- Other services: none required.
- Reviewed version. Your AI always gets exactly the version we've checked.
- It records window titles and web page titles, which may contain private details. Check what it records.
- The local web server is on port 5600. Don't expose it to the internet.
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