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---
- title: "ActivityWatch Cross-Platform Automated Time Tracker and Productivity Analyzer"
+ name: "ActivityWatch Cross-Platform Automated Time Tracker and Productivity Analyzer"
+ slug: "activitywatch-automated-time-tracker"
description: "ActivityWatch is a privacy-first, open-source automated time tracker that records application usage, browser activity, and AFK status across Windows, macOS, and Linux. With 16k+ GitHub stars, it provides detailed productivity analytics without sending data to external servers."
+ github_stars: 17242
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch"
author: "ActivityWatch"
- category:
- - "Calendar, Email & Productivity"
- framework:
- - "Multi-Framework"
+ category: "Calendar, Email & Productivity"
+ framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "ActivityWatch/activitywatch"
github_stars: 17242
---
# ActivityWatch Cross-Platform Automated Time Tracker and Productivity Analyzer
- ActivityWatch is a privacy-first, open-source automated time tracker that records application usage, browser activity, and AFK status across Windows, macOS, and Linux. With 16k+ GitHub stars, it provides detailed productivity analytics without sending data to external servers.
+ ActivityWatch is a privacy-first, open-source automated time tracker that records application usage, browser activity, and AFK status across Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides detailed productivity analytics without sending data to external servers.
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - aw-server (Python) - The current default implementation
+ - **Client libraries:** Language-specific libraries like aw-client (Python), aw-client-js, and aw-client-rust that wrap REST endpoints for programmatic access
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - [Installation & Usage](#installation--usage)
+ - Downloads are available on the [releases page](https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases).
+ - For instructions on how to get started, please see the [guide in the documentation](https://docs.activitywatch.net/en/latest/getting-started.html).
+
+ - Source: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/activitywatch-automated-time-tracker/)