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Ask HN: OS X (local) Time Tracker

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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?

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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).

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.

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.

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

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

It works completely offline and tracks project time automatically.

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

Couldn't you just use Excel or Open Office?

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.

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...

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