Ask HN: OS X (local) Time Tracker

10 pointsby urdnfast9 lat temu9 comments

i'm looking for a good time tracker app for OSX, but with the caveats that it runs locally on my machine and doesn't require creating an account. Harvest (https://www.getharvest.com/) is pretty reasonable in terms of functionality, but requires an account and an internet connection, which both seem totally unnecessary. any ideas?

thanks u

6 comments

hboon9 lat temu

I keep a text file open in my text editor and set up a macro to expand `tt` to the current time, so I end up with entries like:

  02:52 AM - 03:24 AM Plan

  03:25 AM - 03:37 AM ProjectX

  04:16 AM - 05:17 AM ProjectX P

At the start of a day, I rename the file to the day's date, eg. 20170605.md and archive it. I can write scripts to figure out things like how much time I have spent on a project over the month, years, etc. Also things like how much time was productive (the trailing P).

ianox9 lat temu

Ultimate Time Tracker is pretty good: https://github.com/larose/utt

I like the way you add a task after you've finished working on it. It then works out how long you spent on it based on the time you finished the previous task / start of your day.

mozillas9 lat temu

Billings 3 has a time tracking feature, but I don't believe it's supported anymore and they don't sell new licences.

A million years ago I used this https://github.com/rburgst/time-tracker-mac. But it hasn't really been updated in long time https://code.google.com/archive/p/time-tracker-mac/downloads.

I haven't tried this one, but Tyme looks promising http://tyme-app.com/mac-2/. It seems it's a standalone app and has a 15 day trial, so you can test it out for a while. It's also only $18, so it's quite affordable.

SyneRyder9 lat temu

Eon could be what you're looking for. Similar to the Harvest Mac menu bar app, except it also works offline (and doesn't have the history/calendar features that Harvest does). You can use it without an account, or you can integrate it with several online time tracking / invoicing services (including Harvest).

Used to be made by Fuel Collective, but it's apparently now developed by Charlie Monroe Software:

http://software.charliemonroe.net/eon.php

ivm9 lat temu

Try ours maybe: https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/

It works completely offline and tracks project time automatically.

lut4rp9 lat temu

+1 for Qbserve. Works very well and produces lots of useful data for your perusal.

bartvk9 lat temu

Couldn't you just use Excel or Open Office?

urdnfast9 lat temu

Do they have a time tracker feature? I'm looking for something where I click "run timer" and "stop timer" and it keeps track of everything for me, as opposed to writing down the hours manually.

jklein119 lat temu

This looks like it might fit the bill.[1] Just record the start and stop times.

Quick disclaimer though.. I have never used this for time tracking purposes.

[1] http://www.pryor.com/blog/a-great-way-to-create-an-excel-mic...