Inlinr for VS Code
Time tracking for developers — with AI-tool attribution. A modern, privacy-first alternative to WakaTime, built for freelancers who bill by the hour and devs who want to know how much of their code actually came from them.
Why Inlinr
- AI tool attribution. See exactly how much you coded with Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codeium, Windsurf, or Aider — per project, per week. Not just "AI time" in aggregate.
- Freelance-native. Hourly rates, client share links, invoice-ready reports are part of the core product, not an add-on.
- Privacy-first. Only file paths and languages are tracked. Your source code never leaves your machine.
- Works everywhere. VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium. JetBrains + Neovim coming soon.
How it works
The extension tracks your coding activity and sends lightweight heartbeats every ~2 minutes to inlinr.com. The dashboard shows you:
- Time per project, per day/week/month
- Breakdown by language, editor, and AI tool
- Billable hours with computed totals at your hourly rate
- Shareable read-only reports for your clients (PRO)
Setup
- Install the extension.
- Click Inlinr · sign in in the status bar — or run Inlinr: Sign in from the command palette (
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P).
- Your browser opens on a one-time approval page. Sign in with GitHub.
- You're done. The status bar updates with today's total within ~60 seconds.
Requirements
Projects are keyed by their git origin remote. If a workspace has no git remote, heartbeats are buffered but never uploaded — the dashboard will look empty. Run git remote add origin <url> (or open a folder that has one) to start tracking.
Commands
| Command |
What it does |
Inlinr: Sign in |
Authorizes this install via the GitHub device flow. |
Inlinr: Sign out |
Revokes this device's token server-side and clears it locally. |
Inlinr: Open dashboard |
Opens inlinr.com/dashboard in your browser. |
Inlinr: Doctor |
Prints config + server reachability for debugging. |
Inlinr: Toggle status bar |
Shows/hides the clock in the status bar. |
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Purpose |
inlinr.statusBarEnabled |
true |
Show today's coding time in the status bar. |
inlinr.debug |
false |
Write CLI logs to the Inlinr output channel. |
Privacy
Only these fields are sent to the server, per heartbeat:
- File path (relative to the workspace root)
- Language ID (from VS Code)
- Branch name
- Editor + plugin version
- Which AI extension is active (if any)
- Total lines in the file, cursor position
- Timestamp
What is never sent: file contents, project names (other than what git remote exposes), your keystrokes, your clipboard, any personal identifiers beyond the GitHub account you signed in with.
Forks of VS Code
Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium users: install from Open VSX instead of the VS Code Marketplace. AI-tool attribution auto-detects the fork — no extra config.
Troubleshooting
- Status bar still says "sign in" after signing in. It polls every 60 s; give it a minute, or re-run Inlinr: Sign in.
- Dashboard shows no time. Check that your workspace has a git
origin remote (see Requirements) — without one, heartbeats aren't uploaded.
- Anything else. Run Inlinr: Doctor and check the Inlinr output channel (
View → Output → Inlinr). Enable inlinr.debug for verbose CLI logs.
Links
License
BSD-3. Structure modelled on vscode-wakatime (also BSD-3).
