Dev Code Tracker — Smart Coding Time Tracker

Automatically tracks how much time you spend on each project in VS Code / Cursor AI. No manual start/stop. Just open your project and work.

How It Works

Open project  →  timer starts  →  ⏱ Dev Code Tracker - 0s
Working...    →  ⏱ Dev Code Tracker - 1h 23m 45s
Idle 5 min    →  session saved  →  ⏱ Dev Code Tracker - 1h 23m
Come back     →  new session starts
Close VS Code →  session saved automatically

Session starts when you open a project folder
Session ends after 5 minutes of idle (configurable)
Multi-Root Workspaces supported automatically (tracks the folder of the currently active file)
Works perfectly with Cursor AI and Claude Code — no file editing needed
Stunning Offline Dashboard: The offline local dashboard uses a beautiful, fully interactive SPA interface directly inside VS Code!

Status Bar

State	Display
Active	`⏱ Dev Code Tracker - 1h 23m 45s` — live counter
Idle	`⏱ Dev Code Tracker - 2h 15m` — static total
Online mode	`☁ API connected`
Local only	`⊟ Local only`

Click the timer to open your dashboard.

Commands

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and type Dev Code Tracker:

Command	Description	Shortcut
`Dev Code Tracker: Open Dashboard (Online / Local)`	Choose between online web dashboard or local offline view	`Cmd+Alt+D`
`Dev Code Tracker: Open Local Dashboard (Offline View)`	Directly open the local offline webview	`Cmd+Alt+L`
`Dev Code Tracker: Show Today's Summary`	Quick today summary in a markdown file	—
`Dev Code Tracker: Set Display Name for Project`	Rename a project for display	—
`Dev Code Tracker: Configure Online API`	Set up sync to your PHP server	—
`Dev Code Tracker: Sync to Server Now`	Manually push sessions to server	—
`Dev Code Tracker: Clear Project Data`	Delete all local data for current project	—

Local Data

Sessions are saved locally at:

your-project/
  .devCodeTracker/
    sessions.json

Add .devCodeTracker/ to your .gitignore to keep it private. Data is yours — no cloud, no accounts required.

Online Sync (Optional)

If you have a PHP + MySQL server:

Upload the contents of the server/ directory to your server
Run server/setup.sql to create the database tables
Edit api.php — set your DB credentials, API key, and your local timezone_offset (e.g. 330 for IST, -300 for EST).
In VS Code: Ctrl+Shift+P → Dev Code Tracker: Configure Online API
Enter your api.php URL and secret key

Sessions sync automatically when a session ends.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`devCodeTracker.idleTimeoutMinutes`	`5`	End session after N minutes of inactivity
`devCodeTracker.apiUrl`	—	Your PHP API endpoint URL
`devCodeTracker.apiKey`	—	Your API secret key
`devCodeTracker.projectDisplayNames`	`{}`	Custom display names per project

Built by Kuldipsinh Parmar