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WakaTime

Automatic coding-time analytics from plugins for your editors and IDEs.

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About WakaTime

WakaTime tracks programming activity automatically through open-source plugins for dozens of editors, IDEs and terminals, including VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Vim and Xcode. It records time per project, language, branch, file and editor, and turns that into dashboards, weekly email reports, goals and public or private leaderboards. Newer features focus on AI-assisted coding, showing how much code comes from AI tools, which models are used and what they cost, broken down per developer. Teams can compare activity across members and projects. The free plan keeps a week of dashboard history with unlimited projects; Basic and Premium extend history, add AI insights, private leaderboards and more, and teams pay per developer. The dashboard is web-based and works with plugins on Windows, Mac and Linux. It measures time spent in editors, not total work time, so meetings, design and research are mostly invisible, and some developers dislike activity metrics being used for performance reviews.

Best for: Developers who want automatic stats on coding time and AI usage across editors.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Fully automatic through editor plugins
  • Breakdowns by project, language and branch
  • Tracks AI coding usage and model costs

Why people leave

  • Free plan keeps only one week of history
  • Only measures time in supported tools
  • Activity metrics can be misused by managers

Top WakaTime alternatives

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  1. 1ActivityWatch logo
    ActivityWatch

    Free and open source, tracking all apps including editors, with data kept locally.

    66.5
  2. 2RescueTime logo
    RescueTime

    Broader automatic tracking of all computer time, with focus tools.

    62.6
  3. 3Toggl Track logo
    Toggl Track

    Manual project timers if you need billable hours rather than coding stats.

    57.2
  4. 4Timing logo
    Timing

    Mac automatic tracker that records editors, browsers and documents together.

    55.3
  5. 5Super Productivity logo
    Super Productivity

    Free task list with time tracking and GitHub, GitLab and Jira issue import.

    50.3

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WakaTime: common questions

Is WakaTime free?

WakaTime has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Yes, 1 week of history (checked on WakaTime's own site).

Is WakaTime open source?

No, WakaTime is not open source. Open-source alternatives include ActivityWatch and Super Productivity.

What platforms does WakaTime run on?

WakaTime is available for Web, Windows, macOS and Linux.

What are the best alternatives to WakaTime?

The highest-ranked WakaTime alternatives right now are ActivityWatch, RescueTime and Toggl Track. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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