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ActivityWatch vs Furtherance

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

ActivityWatch

7.5
Productivity

Time tracker

Furtherance

7.0
Productivity

Time tracker

Metric ActivityWatch Furtherance
Category Productivity Productivity
AI Score 7.5 7.0
30-day Installs 225 2
90-day Installs 634 15
365-day Installs 1.6K 68
Version 0.13.2 26.7.0
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 16.9K 379
GitHub Forks 840 31
Open Issues 179 5
License MPL-2.0 GPL-3.0
Language Python Rust
Last GitHub Commit 2mo ago 2mo ago
First Seen Aug 9, 2023 Oct 3, 2024

Reviews

ActivityWatch

ActivityWatch is a unique, open-source time tracker that automatically records your activity across applications. It's privacy-focused, cross-platform, and extensible, making it ideal for remote workers and developers seeking transparency into their work patterns.

Automatically tracks time spent across applications to provide insights into productivity and usage patterns.

Pros

  • + Open-source and privacy-focused
  • + Cross-platform support
  • + Extensible with plugins and integrations

Cons

  • - Lacks auto-updates
  • - Significant number of open issues may indicate areas needing improvement

Furtherance

Furtherance is a privacy-focused time tracker that allows users to monitor their work without external tracking. It offers self-hosting capabilities and is built with Rust, ensuring security and performance. Ideal for productivity enthusiasts who value privacy.

Furtherance tracks time usage and productivity, offering insights and analytics without external data collection.

Pros

  • + Open-source and privacy-focused
  • + Self-hosting capabilities
  • + No external tracking
  • + Built with Rust for security and performance

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature
  • - Some reported bugs in functionality