Track your coding activity inside VS Code and visualize your productivity!
PiperCode is a gamified, high-performance coding activity tracker. It silently monitors your keystrokes, detects over 60 programming languages, and builds an accurate profile of your daily coding habits.
Featuring a stunning Neo-Brutalist dashboard, PiperCode doesn't just track your time — it makes productivity fun.
✨ Features
Real-Time Activity Tracking: Tracks your coding time down to the second, automatically pausing when you're idle.
Neo-Brutalist Dashboard: A beautiful, stylized dashboard to view your progress.
Language Detection: Automatically detects and logs over 60 different programming languages.
Global Leaderboard: Sign in with GitHub to compete on the global developer leaderboard.
Friends System: Search for other developers, add them as friends, and track their progress live!
Daily Streaks: Build a daily coding streak by hitting your customizable minute threshold.
Status Broadcast: Set a custom status message (like "Vibe Coding...") for your friends to see.
Local Tasks: A built-in scratchpad for your daily to-do list.
🚀 How to Use
Install the extension.
Open a project folder in VS Code and start typing in any code file.
The Status Bar at the bottom right will change from "Ready" to your live coding time!
Press Ctrl+Shift+P and run PiperCode: Open Dashboard to view your stats.
(Optional) Click "Connect GitHub" in the dashboard to sync your stats to the cloud and join the leaderboard.
⚙️ Configuration
You can customize PiperCode via VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,):
pipercode.streakDailyThresholdMinutes: The minimum number of minutes you must code in a day to increment your daily streak (Default: 30).
Keep coding, keep your streak alive, and see you on the leaderboard!
