Screen Time Tracker

An intuitive and lightweight desktop screen time tracking tool designed to help you understand your computer usage habits, boost productivity, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

• Time Tracking: Runs silently in the background, accurately recording the duration spent on each application.
• • Website Usage Statistics: When used with a browser extension, it can track the amount of time spent on websites.
• Visual Analytics: Provides a rich variety of intuitive charts and statistics, allowing you to clearly understand your time distribution.
• Privacy First: All data is stored locally and never uploaded to the cloud, guaranteeing your personal privacy.
• Lightweight & Efficient: Ultra-low CPU and RAM usage, ensuring it won't impact your daily experience.
• Highly Configurable: Offers detailed configuration options to cater to different user requirements.
• Multilingual Support: Native support for both English and Simplified Chinese interfaces.

You can download the application from Releases or build it yourself.

• .NET 10.0 (C#)
• ASP.NET Core Web API
• FastEndpoints
• Entity Framework Core
• SQLite
• Mediator

• React
• TypeScript
• Vite
• Material UI (MUI)
• TanStack Query
• TanStack Router
• i18next
• Zod
• ECharts

• Photino.NET
• H.NotifyIcon

The backend follows a Modular Monolith architecture, with individual modules organized using Vertical Slice Architecture.
The frontend follows Feature-Sliced Design (FSD).
When the application starts, it launches a local backend API service. The frontend is loaded into the WebView provided by the Photino.NET desktop shell and communicates with the backend through the local API.

• Prerequisites
  • .NET SDK 10.0+
  • Node.js 22.12.0+
• Clone Repository:

  git clone https://github.com/majianchuan/ScreenTimeTracker.git

• Build Frontend:

  cd src/frontend
  pnpm install
  pnpm build

• Build the browser extension (optional):

  cd ../web-extension
  pnpm build

  The build output will be generated in the .output directory.
• Run Application:

  cd ../Hosts/ScreenTimeTracker.Desktop
  dotnet run

If you encounter any issues or have feedback and suggestions, feel free to join our community:

• Discord Community: Join Discord
• QQ Group: Join QQ Group