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Show HN: Active Window Logger – Transparently capture usage analytics

• cvs268 11y ago
  The goal is to have a lightweight tool that can absolve the user from the task of calculating how much time was spent performing the individual tasks over a given period (usually a day). Useful when hooked-up with various GTD and Pomodoro tools, or for filling JIRA timesheets, or simply to measure your work-patterns on a typical day and plan for the next.
  • rposborne 11y ago
    There are a few tools out there that use a similar paradigm. RescueTime, uses the same principal (active focused window) https://www.rescuetime.com/ https://www.rescuetime.com/ Wakatime, which is similar, but closer to your "goals" I think. Which issues "heartbeats" of open files / websites / w/e you want that can be related to a given project programatically. https://wakatime.com https://wakatime.com Though generally just love this, I constantly strive to automate timekeeping for the trivial stuff.
• kawera 11y ago
  Is there something similar for OSX ?
  • imglorp 11y ago
    Hammerspoon could probably do it with a simple scripty bit.
• cvs268 11y ago
  Initial ALPHA release out now. Basic functionality includes: - Play/Pause feature to enable/disable logging at run-time. - Reliably logging any window active even for a fraction of a second. - Reliably logging system lock/unlock events. - Exporting log as csv https://github.com/TheCodeArtist/Active-Window-Logger/releases/tag/v1.0.0.3-alpha https://github.com/TheCodeArtist/Active-Window-Logger/releas...