Textual chart for arbtt, the automatic, rule-based time tracker.
Similar to arbtt-graph, just in plain monospace text.
(The above screenshot is generated using my liskin-arbtt-stats which provides a few handy commands and combines data from multiple X sessions and Strava.)
Raw arbtt-stats output for the same time period looks something like this:
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Install arbtt and make sure
arbtt-captureruns in your graphical login session. -
Configure arbtt rules in
~/.arbtt/categorize.cfg. See Configuring the arbtt categorizer, Effective Use of Arbtt, and sample categorize.cfg for arbtt-graph. -
Try
arbtt-stats --output-format=csv --each-category | arbtt-chartorarbtt-stats --output-format=csv --category=Graph | arbtt-chart
Using pipx:
pipx ensurepath
pipx install arbtt-chart
To keep a local git clone around:
git clone https://github.com/liskin/arbtt-chart
make -C arbtt-chart pipx
Alternatively, if you don't need the isolated virtualenv that pipx provides, feel free to just:
pip install arbtt-chart
Or, since the only dependency is pandas, you can just sudo apt install python3-pandas and run arbtt_chart.py directly. :-)
$ arbtt-chart --help
usage: arbtt-chart [-h] [--no-stacked] [--subtags] [--totals-re RE]
Plot charts from arbtt-stats to terminal. Expects `arbtt-stats --output-
format=csv --category=…` or `arbtt-stats --output-format=csv --each-category`
output on stdin.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--no-stacked don't stack bar chart
--subtags recognize subtags (separated by '-') and sort them together
--totals-re RE totals row regexp, default: ^\(total time\)$
$ arbtt-stats --filter='$date >= 2021-03-0220:00 && $date < 2021-03-0303:00' \
> --min-percentage=2 --category=Activity --output-format=csv \
> | arbtt-chart
Activity
════════
Proj-arbttⁱ 03:11:40 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓██▏········÷···
Chat 00:30:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷··█████▊···÷···
(8 entries omitted) 00:15:40 ···········÷··········÷··········÷·······▕██▊÷···
Web-Social 00:08:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷··········▐▓▏··
Web-otherⁱ 00:06:40 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷█▍·
Web-HN 00:06:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷·▐▊
(unmatched time) 00:01:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷··▕
(total time) 04:20:20 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓███████████▓███
$ arbtt-stats --filter='$date >= 2021-03-0220:00 && $date < 2021-03-0303:00' \
> --min-percentage=2 --category=Activity --output-format=csv \
> | arbtt-chart --subtags
Activity
════════
Proj arbttⁱ 03:11:40 █████████▓█████████▓█████████▓█·······÷···
Chat 00:30:20 ·········÷·········÷·········÷▕████▊··÷···
Web Social 00:08:20 ·········÷·········÷·········÷·····▕█▏÷···
otherⁱ 00:06:40 ·········÷·········÷·········÷·······█▏···
HN 00:06:20 ·········÷·········÷·········÷········▓▏··
(8 entries omitted) 00:15:40 ·········÷·········÷·········÷········÷██▋
(unmatched time) 00:01:20 ·········÷·········÷·········÷········÷··▕
(total time) 04:20:20 █████████▓█████████▓█████████▓████████▓███
$ arbtt-stats --filter='$date >= 2021-03-0220:00 && $date < 2021-03-0303:00' \
> --min-percentage=2 --each-category --output-format=csv \
> | arbtt-chart
Activity
════════
Proj-arbttⁱ 03:11:40 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓██▏········÷···
Chat 00:30:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷··█████▊···÷···
(8 entries omitted) 00:15:40 ···········÷··········÷··········÷·······▕██▊÷···
Web-Social 00:08:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷··········▐▓▏··
Web-otherⁱ 00:06:40 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷█▍·
Web-HN 00:06:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷·▐▊
(unmatched time) 00:01:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷··▕
(total time) 04:20:20 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓███████████▓███
Desktop
═══════
4_arbtt 02:21:40 ███████████▓██████████▓███▊······÷···········÷···
6_arbtt_web 00:50:20 ···········÷··········÷···▐██████▓██·········÷···
1_irc 00:34:00 ···········÷··········÷··········÷··██████▌··÷···
2_web 00:34:00 ···········÷··········÷··········÷········▐██▓███
(1 entries omitted) 00:00:20 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷··▕
(total time) 04:20:20 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓███████████▓███
Program
═══════
urxvt 02:38:00 ███████████▓██████████▓██████▊···÷···········÷···
google-chrome 01:21:40 ···········÷··········÷······▐███▓██████████▉÷···
app_element_io 00:14:40 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········▓█▉·
(3 entries omitted) 00:06:00 ···········÷··········÷··········÷···········÷·▕█
(total time) 04:20:20 ███████████▓██████████▓██████████▓███████████▓███
$ arbtt-chart --totals-re='^\(' <<END
> Tag,Time
> Act:Work,02:30:00
> Act:Social,01:20:00
> Act:Mail,00:20:00
> Act:Movie,01:30:00
> (screen),05:40:00
>
> Tag,Time
> Act:Sport,3600
> Act:Commute,1800
> (outside),5400
> END
Act
═══
Work 02:30:00 ████████▓███████▓███▋···÷·······÷········÷·······÷·······÷·
Movie 01:30:00 ········÷·······÷···▐███▓███████▉········÷·······÷·······÷·
Social 01:20:00 ········÷·······÷·······÷·······▕████████▓█▊·····÷·······÷·
Sport 01:00:00 ········÷·······÷·······÷·······÷········÷·▕█████▓██·····÷·
Commute 00:30:00 ········÷·······÷·······÷·······÷········÷·······÷··████▏÷·
Mail 00:20:00 ········÷·······÷·······÷·······÷········÷·······÷······█▓▊
(screen) 05:40:00 ████████▓███████▓███████▓███████▓████████▓████▊··÷·······÷·
(outside) 01:30:00 ████████▓███▍···÷·······÷·······÷········÷·······÷·······÷·
$ arbtt-chart <<END
> Tag,Time
> Screen:Work,02:30:00
> Screen:Social,01:20:00
> Screen:Mail,00:20:00
> Screen:Movie,01:30:00
> (total time),05:40:00
>
> Tag,Time
> Outside:Sport,3600
> Outside:Commute,1800
> (total time),5400
> END
Screen
══════
Work 02:30:00 █████████▓█████████▓████▊····÷·········÷·········÷······
Movie 01:30:00 ·········÷·········÷····▐████▓█████████▍·········÷······
Social 01:20:00 ·········÷·········÷·········÷·········▐█████████▓██▊···
Mail 00:20:00 ·········÷·········÷·········÷·········÷·········÷··▐██▉
(total time) 05:40:00 █████████▓█████████▓█████████▓█████████▓█████████▓██████
Outside
═══════
Sport 01:00:00 █████████▓·········÷·········÷·········÷·········÷······
Commute 00:30:00 ·········▕████▊····÷·········÷·········÷·········÷······
(total time) 01:30:00 █████████▓████▉····÷·········÷·········÷·········÷······
We welcome bug fixes, (reasonable) new features, documentation improvements, and more. Submit these as GitHub pull requests. Use GitHub issues to report bugs and discuss non-trivial code improvements; alternatively, get in touch via IRC/Matrix/Fediverse.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for more details about the code base (including running tests locally).
Note that this project was born out of a desire to solve a problem I was facing. While I'm excited to share it with the world, keep in mind that I'll be prioritizing features and bug fixes that align with my personal use cases. There may be times when I'm busy with other commitments and replies to contributions might be delayed, or even occasionally missed. Progress may come in bursts. Adjust your expectations accordingly.