Trackify - Code Change Tracker for VS Code

Trackify is a VS Code extension that tracks and analyzes your coding patterns by monitoring file changes, typing behavior, and window focus events. It generates detailed analytics about your coding sessions that can be used for insights and productivity analysis.

Features

Automatic Change Tracking: Automatically tracks all code changes in your workspace
Smart Event Detection:
- Typing sessions with speed and pattern analysis
- Copy-paste operations
- File renames and saves
- Window focus duration
Detailed Analytics:
- Characters typed and spaces used
- Line changes and positions
- Typing speed (characters per second)
- Change patterns (min/max/average change lengths)
- Session durations
Privacy-Focused: Only tracks metadata, never stores actual code content
Workspace Integration: Works with any workspace and automatically starts tracking

Installation

Install the extension from VS Code Marketplace
Open a workspace/folder in VS Code
The extension will automatically start tracking changes

Usage

The extension works automatically in the background. All events are stored in a .trackify.jsonl file in your workspace root.

Available Commands

Trackify: Clean Tracking File - Clears the tracking history
Trackify: Show Logs - Opens the extension logs

Event Types

The extension tracks several types of events:

Edit Events:

{
  "timestamp": "2024-12-02T18:54:18.129Z",
  "type": "edit",
  "file": "src/example.js",
  "startLine": 6,
  "endLine": 6,
  "lineChanges": 0,
  "spaces": 2,
  "characters": 10,
  "duration": 1500,
  "typingSpeed": 6.67,
  "changeCount": 5,
  "avgChangeLength": 2,
  "maxChangeLength": 4,
  "minChangeLength": 1,
  "isCopyPaste": false
}

Window Focus Events:

{
  "timestamp": "2024-12-02T18:54:18.129Z",
  "type": "window",
  "windowState": "focused",
  "duration": 300000
}

File Events:

{
  "timestamp": "2024-12-02T18:54:18.129Z",
  "type": "rename",
  "file": "new/path.js",
  "oldPath": "old/path.js",
  "newPath": "new/path.js"
}

Requirements

VS Code version 1.74.0 or higher
A workspace/folder must be opened for tracking to begin

Privacy

Trackify respects your privacy:

Only tracks metadata about changes, never the actual code content
All data is stored locally in your workspace
No data is sent to external servers
You can clear tracking data at any time using the clean command

Known Issues

The extension may have higher memory usage in very large workspaces with frequent changes
Copy-paste detection might not work with some clipboard managers

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release
Basic change tracking functionality
Window focus tracking
File operation monitoring
Command support for cleaning tracking file and viewing logs

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