DevTracker
VS Code Activity Tracker • Local Work Log • Diffs, History & Revert • Offline & Privacy-first
DevTracker answers one question:
“What did I actually work on?”
Local-first. Offline. No spyware. Optional Pro cloud summaries only with consent.
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🚀 DevTracker — VS Code Activity Tracker (Local-first)
DevTracker is a local-first VS Code extension that records file snapshots locally and helps you generate a work log using:
- Diffs (what changed)
- Local history (when you changed it)
- Revert tools (undo confidently)
- Daily / Weekly / Monthly reflections (what you worked on)
- Exports (PDF / MD / TXT / XLSX)
✅ Designed for individual developers who want clarity without surveillance.
✅ Works offline. Your data stays on your machine.
Why DevTracker?
Developers keep asking:
- “What did I work on yesterday?”
- “Which files did I touch most this week?”
- “What changed before I broke this?”
- “How do I write a weekly update / work report / timesheet?”
DevTracker gives you answers without:
- ❌ cloud sync by default
- ❌ remote monitoring agents
- ❌ team surveillance dashboards
- ❌ heavy overhead
Your snapshots are local. Always.
✨ Features
🧠 Daily Reflection (Auto Work Log)
- On next startup, DevTracker shows a “Yesterday at a glance” popup
- Highlights:
- files touched
- quick touch vs deep work
- top activity
- local technical insights (non-AI)
Perfect for morning context. Zero effort.
🗂️ Local History Panel (Snapshot Timeline)
- Browse your recent work as a collapsible folder/file tree
- Open diffs for any snapshot
- See effort distribution quickly
🔍 Instant Diff Viewer (VS Code Diff)
- Compare any tracked snapshot with current file state
- Jump through diffs inside VS Code
↩️ Bulk Revert (Local-only)
- Undo all changes from your last session for a folder
- One confirmation, fully local
- Safer-by-design: bulk revert stays local scope
📊 Local Summary (Offline)
- Manual “Local Summary” shows a fast skimmable summary card
- Technical and local-only
📅 Weekly & Monthly Reflection (Work Report)
Reflection dashboards showing:
- total touched files + snapshots
- top roots/projects
- top files across the system
- peak day + top filetype
- one-click copy for sharing status updates
Great for “what happened this week/month?” without time tracking spyware.
🧾 Exports: PDF (Basic + Premium), MD/TXT/XLSX
DevTracker ships with two PDF export modes:
- Basic PDF (always works): lightweight fallback export
- Premium PDF (charts + clean layout): rendered via Chromium for accurate HTML/CSS dashboards
✅ Premium export may require a one-time “PDF Engine (Chromium)” install on first use.
No browser is bundled inside the VSIX (keeps downloads small for Marketplace + Open VSX).
🟢 Core Principles (Privacy-first)
- ✅ Local-first
- ✅ Works offline
- ✅ No employee monitoring
- ✅ No performance drama
- ✅ Undo-friendly workflows
🧠 How it works (Local-first by design)
DevTracker runs a lightweight embedded local service inside the extension.
- Changes → snapped locally
- Data → stored locally
- Summaries → computed locally
Nothing is uploaded by default.
🔑 DevTracker Pro (optional AI, still privacy-first)
DevTracker Pro adds an optional “cloud narrative” bridge when you want AI output:
- Pro Narratives (Daily / Weekly / Monthly): richer reports with export to MD / TXT / PDF / XLSX
- Summary mode toggle: choose Local (offline) or Cloud (AI) per request
- Opt-in cloud summaries: runs only after (a) GitHub login, (b) active Pro entitlement, and (c) explicit cloud consent
- Cloud upload filters: respects
devtracker.cloud.exclude to avoid sending sensitive files
- Supabase-backed GitHub OAuth login with session refresh
- OpenAI key does NOT ship in VSIX: stored in Supabase Edge Function secret for hosted flow
Local-first promise: Everything runs locally by default. Cloud summaries happen only when you switch to Cloud mode and give consent.
Plans: Free vs Pro
- Shared (Free + Pro): local snapshot capture, daily/weekly/monthly reflections, instant diffs, bulk revert, exports, retro/dark theme
- Pro: Pro Narratives + advanced exports + Local/Cloud mode toggle + consent-gated cloud summaries + Pro Home entitlement actions + Preview Weekly Narrative
🧩 Works great alongside Git (but it’s not Git)
DevTracker is your personal “work memory” layer:
- before commits
- during refactors
- experiments / spikes
- debugging regressions
If Git answers “what changed in the repo”, DevTracker answers “what did I work on?”
📸 Screenshots
Activity Bar Home
History Panel
Diff Viewer
📦 Installation
VS Code Marketplace
🔗 https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GenomorphPvtLtd.devtracker
Open VSX
🔗 https://open-vsx.org/extension/GenomorphPvtLtd/devtracker
Quick start
- Install DevTracker
- Open the DevTracker activity bar
- Work normally
- Use DevTracker: Open History Panel and DevTracker: Open Diff From Recent Snapshot
- Export weekly/monthly reflections when you need a work report
FAQ
Does DevTracker track time?
No. DevTracker tracks local snapshots and diffs, not timers.
Is this employee monitoring or spyware?
No. DevTracker is built for individual developers. No cloud dashboards, no remote tracking, no team surveillance.
Does DevTracker upload my code?
Not by default. Only Pro cloud summaries may upload selected code context after consent and filters.
From source
git clone https://github.com/Agent1092/devTracker.git
cd vscode-extension
npm install
npm run compile
