Time Tracker

A Python desktop app that automatically tracks and categorizes how you spend your time on your PC — by reading active window titles every 5 seconds.

Features

• Detects your active window every 5 seconds
• Auto-categorizes into: Coding, Browsing, Entertainment, Communication, Meeting, Documents
• Saves all sessions to a local SQLite database
• Generates a terminal report with a visual bar chart
• Web dashboard with a doughnut chart and session log (built with Flask + Chart.js)

Tech Stack

• Python — core language
• pygetwindow — reads active window titles on Windows
• SQLite — local database for storing sessions
• pandas — data processing and report generation
• Flask — lightweight web server for the dashboard
• Chart.js — browser-side charts

How to Run

1. Install dependencies

pip install pygetwindow flask pandas schedule

2. Start the tracker

python tracker.py

3. View the dashboard

python app.py Then open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in your browser.

4. Generate a terminal report

python report.py

Project Structure

time-tracker/
├── tracker.py        # Main tracker loop
├── categorizer.py    # Keyword-based categorization logic
├── database.py       # SQLite read/write functions
├── report.py         # Terminal summary report
├── app.py            # Flask web server
└── templates/
    └── dashboard.html  # Web dashboard UI

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Built by Apurva as a portfolio project to demonstrate full-stack JavaScript, AI API integration, and audio/video processing skills.