[TriLUG] Tools for tracking time / work on Linux platform

Robert Dale robdale at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 16:21:30 EDT 2014


I've used project Hamster when working on multiple client projects.
http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/

Another way to track time is with the pomodoro technique -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

xfce has such a timer -
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-time-out-plugin


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Joseph S. Tate <dragonstrider at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use harvestapp.com for my consulting work. It's free up to a certain
> point. There are phone apps so you can sync across devices.  It's cloud
> based, so home/work is no problem. There is also invoicing and some light
> project management.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Errol Casey <errol at askerrol.org> wrote:
>
>> I have been looking without success to find a tool to use on Linux, to
>> track time (work) easily.  Under windows, I've used manictime
>> http://www.manictime.com/
>>
>> It monitors what you do, and allows you to easily mark up your time and tag
>> it with a graphical front end.
>>
>> I've searched and looked at a few tools including RescueTime, that I can
>> use via the web.  But it would be nice to have a local tool, so it could
>> record activity/inactivity of my work machine as well.  This allows me to
>> come back, and highlight and tag specific tasks I did at a later time.
>>
>> Would be interested in hearing what tools, or methods others use in a linux
>> environment.
>>
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