# ActivityWatch Cross-Platform Automated Time Tracker and Productivity Analyzer

> ActivityWatch is a privacy-first, open-source automated time tracker that records application usage, browser activity, and AFK status across Windows, macOS, and Linux. With 16k+ GitHub stars, it provides detailed productivity analytics without sending data to external servers.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/activitywatch-cross-platform-automated-time-tracker-and-prod` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/activitywatch-cross-platform-automated-time-tracker-and-prod`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/activitywatch-cross-platform-automated-time-tracker-and-prod/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Data & Analytics
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/activitywatch-cross-platform-automated-time-tracker-and-prod

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# ActivityWatch Cross-Platform Automated Time Tracker and Productivity Analyzer

ActivityWatch is a privacy-first, open-source automated time tracker that records application usage, browser activity, and AFK status across Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides detailed productivity analytics without sending data to external servers.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- aw-server (Python) - The current default implementation
- **Client libraries:** Language-specific libraries like aw-client (Python), aw-client-js, and aw-client-rust that wrap REST endpoints for programmatic access

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Installation & Usage](#installation--usage)
- Downloads are available on the [releases page](https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases).
- For instructions on how to get started, please see the [guide in the documentation](https://docs.activitywatch.net/en/latest/getting-started.html).

- Source: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/activitywatch-automated-time-tracker/)