TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker (opens in new tab)

I really like that more and more developers are doing the open-source/paid service option(no idea what's the term for it). I personally think it's great for both developers and their customers/users.

Tangent: I also want a coach & nudge app.

I have chemobrain (and other stuff, TMI). So my mind wanders. I need nudges to get back on track. Like a reverse pomodomo. I used to have a remarkable internal clock (always know time of day, track elapsed time, without looking at watch). Well, no more.

Example 1: An inactivity timer. Like the builtin reminder to standup and stretch. Once or twice a day, I just have to sit down. I'll pop some pain pills then veg until they kick in (30-45 min). I never remember to set a timer, alarm. I want my phone to notice I've been vegging for an hour and remind me to start moving.

Example 2: Time to stop. I'll start doing a mindless task, usually physical. Like weeding or picking up litter. It's super gratifying. But then I'll overdo it. I want my phone to notice I've been stuck on the same task for too long.

Have we hugged it to death already or is it something else?

Now that you're all here, I'm playing with the idea to create a CLI tool so that you can start and stop records from the command line. Would this be interesting to you or would it only be a gimmick?

What I really care about is the time it takes to input tasks. The demo app link has a record button with a difficult to use form. Is there a faster way to start/stop the timer?

Nice work! I have no idea if this could fit into your roadmap (and this is probably the kind of feature request you should absolutely say no to) but my partner and I made a thing called TagTime that does time-tracking via random sampling (pinging you at random times) and I'm offering the domain tagtime.com to whoever subsumes the janky Perl-scripts-plus-Vim version we use and makes a proper TagTime-in-the-cloud. There's a pretty decent community of users to tap into but, again, it would probably entail a substantial pivot.

Make sure you have a robust plugin layer as people will want to integrate this into their existing systems, like SCMs, issue trackers, CRMs, reporting and billing systems, chat clients (Teams/Slack) etc.

Are there any open source time trackers for teams?

The UI makes me want to vomit.

I like a good time tracker app. I appreciate this is open source too! Some feedback...

After playing with the demo, there is one thing that really jumps out to me I don't quite understand. It's looks like time get grouped into these little 'blocks' on the bar on the left. It's not immediately clear what forms a block though. Also, I don't quite understand the use case for being able to drag the blocks around? If you drag one, the start and stop times change for every task in the block? Weird.

This seems very fragile. What if I accidentally drag a block out of place, and don't remember the exact start time? Then I have effectively 'broken' my time logs for a whole block of work. To me it would make sense to have the blocks locked by default, and allow unlocking in the case you need to move a whole group. But I can't imagine ever needing to do this very often.

I will say, I really like the concept of the continuous scrolling main time bar on the left. Anyway, trying to offer constructive criticism, not trying to bash this project. Looks like the project is still young, and you've got a great start here! Keep it up!

First of all this is quite interesting and I appreciate your effort, thanks!

And since I am currently looking for a lean time tracker which runs locally for a single user without any internet and cloud stuff, this is very useful.

I fully agree with earlier the feedback of r4tn4l (most importantly, that a delete button would be really helpful) And here are some additional comments:

- the dashed line indicating 'now' is really easy to overlook and it should be visually more prominent (other color, thicker, ...)

- In the overview (this week, this month, ...) the records should be display somehow. Indicating records visually in the overviews makes it easier to grasp the work distribution over longer periods of time. Additionally, if I mess up the month/year of a record (which I frequently do ;-) ) I have no chance to find it again except that I scroll through every day and look for it. So maybe assigning a separate color to each tag and display them in the big grey fields next to the time line would work... (edit: formatting)

Nice! When we chose a time tracker for consulting, having a paid option that is also open source would have been a major pro point (so we can rely on it not disappearing, and being able to fix blocking issues ourselves).

You mentioned here that you don't want to add tiered pricing, but I do recommend to add support for paying for a whole organisation in batch (N users, so that the individuals at an org don't have to manage billing separately and an admin take care of it -- the individual's time to manage billing costs much more than the monthly price).

There's an issue with your cert. Getting SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN on Firefox.

Edit: seems to be working now.

I didn't read all comments, just searched for "delete" and "remove" without success. My question is, if I can delete a record. I find that quite important, since I just created one called "bla" with nonsense, and then internally panicked slightly. If I try it tomorrow, I will just recycle my record for something useful, so a workaround exists. But I still think, deletion is somewhat crucial.

Apart from that, some other things I stumbled over: - The icon is hard to see on my background, because it contains (too thin) black lines and transparent pixels. Give me some contrast!

- The "House" for "Snap to now" feels unintuitive, but that is subjective. How about a text label, so you don't need an icon?

- That "Calendar" icon for "Select Timerange" as well.

- "Step forward" is one day forward. How about naming it.. more like what it is. A step is a generic thing that might be differently perceived, a day isn't (so much).

- "Start Record" and "New Record" are pretty similar features. I do understand the difference, but I would enjoy more, if those two were simplified into just one in an intelligent way.

- That burger menu is, pardon me, somewhat of a problem. There is so much information. I can see "Install App" in the installed App. "Export" happens there but also on the main screen. Which features belong where? Im missing a hierarchy here.

- Your hint text in the "Manage tags" dialog is too long. Please build it in a way, where I do have to read less words. More like 5 or so (currently there are around 50).

- Is that a refresh button next to the burger menu (left side)? I can click an empty button. Wait, what?

- I really do like that infinite scroll and stuff. Looks cool. On the other hand it is quite easy to get lost. Maybe some snapping on day-level (rather than hour-level) might help.

- Please don't require headings over button groups at all (and then even mix that with my initials!)

Not sure who in your target audience can pay $2 but not $5/month but why not add a premium plan with as extra the priority support?

Once upon a time I had to do time tracking to 30 minute resolution; what I ended up doing was install an activity tracker, then at the end of the day or month based on what window was open I'd mark down work. It worked well enough for software development because my editor reported the currently open file to this tracker.

Going off on a tangent, I want to thank you for this:

> Notice how there's no cookie banner on this site? This site does not track you. Nor does it make use of 3d party services that do.

It's a small thing, but shows you care about your users more than you care about peeking into every little vanity metric for growth hacking. Kudos.

> GPLv3

I'm curious: Why not AGPL, since this is intended as a web application?

The most useful feature (to me) in time tracker apps is the ability to let me know if I've been idle, and options to handle that. (Most apps in this space don't implement this feature)

Typo on the front page under pricing: GLPv3 vs GPLv3

The interface matters a lot. I am using https://timeular.com/ (along with their neat physical tracker widget) and it has become the tracker interface to beat, as the UX is really solid. I use it every day and find it extremely productive in ensuring that I spent time coding/learning etc instead of too many meetings or other activities that can hijack your day.

Having said that, this is a good effort. I really like the continuing trend of useful software coming via Open Source, via a vibrant tech community.

I really like this, I think this is a great foundation. I've pen and paper done this type of tracking to try and see how long I get to spend on task during a day, what sort of categories of work I'm doing, where am I losing the majority of my time etc. I do encourage it if you've got the sort of job where this is an issue.

I'm not sure its something I'd do long term, but it's nice to sample a few days and re-calibrate your time every now and then.

Congrats on launching. Page is only working intermittently for me, and the demo hasn't managed to load.

I've been tracking my own time for the last ~month using progressive versions of my own in-development app that has a similar reporting style but is meant to innovate on the data entry, making it much more flexible and convenient (for people who happen to think like me and want the kind of tracking I want, anyway!)

Hopefully I'll be "show hn"-ing it soon.

If you use GNOME, take a look at:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist_(free_software)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Activity_Journal

Project Hamster provides an interesting option that runs locally.

http://projecthamster.org/ https://github.com/projecthamster/

Thanks for this tool! However I think the UI is not really ready yet. I would love some transitions on the popup elements, as well as a keyboard control over the forms :)

Since I couldn't find any tool that did the job for me, I ended up creating a very simple (open source) timetracking tool that suited my needs: https://gist.github.com/corentinbettiol/634b6f95928ccb702ac7...

(pros: not in a browser, start when you start your work computer, can sort content with grep, can count hours of work on a task with grep + wc -l, cons: no fancy ui, fixed delay)

I did build a web extension automatically asking you for what you are currently working on. Not open source, but you might find it handy: https://byrly.com/waywo/

+1 for the self hosting option!