Thyme
Spice up your day-to-day productivity with some free Thyme, courtesy
of the team at Sourcegraph (the
best way to read and explore code).
Automatically track which applications you use and for how long.
- Simple CLI to track and analyze your application usage
- Detailed charts that let you profile how you spend your time
- Stores data locally, giving you full control and privacy
- Open-source, well-documented, and easily extensible
Thyme is a work in progress, so please report bugs! Want to see how it works? Dive into the source here.
Want to share what you've learned about your Thyme? Join the discussion on Twitter.
Features
Simple CLI
-
Record which applications you use every 30 seconds:
$ while true; do thyme track -o thyme.json; sleep 30s; done; -
Create charts showing application usage over time. In a new window:
$ thyme show -i thyme.json -w stats > thyme.html -
Open
thyme.htmlin your browser of choice to see the charts
below.
Application usage timeline
Detailed application window timeline
Aggregate time usage by app
Dependencies
Thyme's dependencies vary by system. See thyme dep (mentioned in the installation instructions below).
Install
-
Install Go (if you have Homebrew on macOS, you can also run
brew install go) and run$ go get -u github.com/sourcegraph/thyme/cmd/thymeAlternatively, if you don't want to install Go, just download the
thymebinary here. -
Follow the instructions printed by
thyme dep.$ thyme dep -
Verify
thymeworks with$ thyme trackThis should display JSON describing which applications are currently active, visible, and present on your system.
Thyme currently supports Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Usage for Other Shells
Windows Powershell
> for(1){thyme track -o thyme.json; Start-Sleep -s 5}
> thyme show -i thyme.json -w stats, Out-File -e utf8 thyme.html
Windows DOS Command Line
> for /L %n in (0) do @(thyme track -o thyme.json && timeout /t 5 /nobreak)
> thyme show -i thyme.json -w stats > thyme.html
Use cases
Thyme was designed for developers who want to investigate their
application usage to make decisions that boost their day-to-day
productivity.
It can also be for other purposes such as:
- Tracking billable hours and constructing timesheets
- Studying application usage behavior in a given population
How is Thyme different from other time trackers?
There are many time tracking products and services on the market.
Thyme differs from available offerings in the following ways:
-
Thyme does not intend to be a fully featured time management product
or service. Thyme adopts the Unix philosophy of a command-line tool
that does one thing well and plays nicely with other command-line
tools. -
Thyme does not require you to manually signal when you start or stop
an activity. It automatically records which applications you use. -
Thyme is open source and free of charge.
-
Thyme does not send data over the network. It stores the data it
collects on local disk. It's up to you whether you want to share it
or not.
Attribution
The Thyme logo
by
Anthony Bossard is
licensed under
Creative Commons 3.0.