Tracklytics
A powerful VS Code extension for tracking development time with live timer, Pomodoro technique, AI-assisted coding detection, and comprehensive statistics.
📸 Screenshot
Tracklytics panel showing time tracking, live timer, and Pomodoro in the status bar
✨ Features
⏱️ Live Timer (Stopwatch)
- Start/Stop/Pause - Full stopwatch with second precision
- Lap times - Record split times during your session
- Session labels - Name sessions for easy tracking
- Continue sessions - Resume or continue previous sessions
- Auto-pause on idle - Automatically pauses after 2 minutes of inactivity
- Daily history - View and manage all sessions
🍅 Pomodoro Timer
- Focus sessions - 25-minute work intervals (customizable)
- Smart breaks - Short (5 min) and long (15 min) breaks
- Auto-progression - Automatically starts breaks after work
- Progress tracking - Daily pomodoro count
- Notifications - Get notified when sessions complete
- Fully customizable - Adjust all durations in settings
🕐 Development Time Tracking
- Per-file tracking - Time spent on each file
- Session tracking - Current coding session stats
- Lifetime statistics - Accumulated stats over time
- Activity types - Editing, testing, debugging breakdown
🤖 AI/Agent Tracking
- Auto-detection - Detects GitHub Copilot, Cody, and other AI tools
- Chat panel detection - Tracks when AI chat is open
- Manual toggle - Start/end AI sessions manually
- Separate stats - AI-assisted vs manual coding time
📊 Statistics & Reports
- Explorer panel with live stats
- Detailed markdown reports
- Export to JSON or CSV
- Daily, session, and lifetime views
🚀 Quick Start
Status Bar
Three status bar items appear on the right:
| Icon |
Name |
Click Action |
| ⌚ |
Timer |
Open stopwatch menu |
| ❤️ |
Pomodoro |
Open Pomodoro menu |
| 🕐 |
Dev Time |
View time report |
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+P |
Start Pomodoro |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+; |
Pause/Resume Pomodoro |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+T |
Start Live Timer |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+' |
Pause/Resume Timer |
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+L |
Record Lap |
📋 Commands
Access via Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P):
Time Tracking
| Command |
Description |
Tracklytics: Show Development Time Report |
Open detailed report |
Tracklytics: Export Development Time Data |
Export as JSON/CSV |
Tracklytics: Reset Development Time Data |
Clear all data |
Tracklytics: Start AI/Agent Session |
Start AI tracking |
Tracklytics: End AI/Agent Session |
End AI tracking |
Pomodoro Timer
| Command |
Description |
Tracklytics: Pomodoro Timer Menu |
Open quick menu |
Tracklytics: Start Pomodoro Focus Session |
Start 25-min focus |
Tracklytics: Pause/Resume Pomodoro |
Toggle pause |
Tracklytics: Stop Pomodoro Timer |
Stop timer |
Tracklytics: Skip Current Session |
Skip to next |
Live Timer
| Command |
Description |
Tracklytics: Live Timer Menu |
Open quick menu |
Tracklytics: Start Live Timer |
Start stopwatch |
Tracklytics: Pause/Resume Live Timer |
Toggle pause |
Tracklytics: Stop Live Timer |
Stop and save |
Tracklytics: Record Lap |
Record lap time |
⚙️ Configuration
General Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
tracklytics.showStatusBar |
true |
Show dev time in status bar |
tracklytics.idleThreshold |
60 |
Seconds before marking idle |
tracklytics.trackAgentTime |
true |
Track AI vs manual time |
tracklytics.trackAllFiles |
true |
Track all file types |
tracklytics.excludePatterns |
[...] |
Glob patterns to exclude |
Pomodoro Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
tracklytics.pomodoro.showStatusBar |
true |
Show in status bar |
tracklytics.pomodoro.workDuration |
25 |
Work duration (minutes) |
tracklytics.pomodoro.shortBreakDuration |
5 |
Short break (minutes) |
tracklytics.pomodoro.longBreakDuration |
15 |
Long break (minutes) |
tracklytics.pomodoro.longBreakInterval |
4 |
Pomodoros until long break |
tracklytics.pomodoro.autoStartBreaks |
true |
Auto-start breaks |
tracklytics.pomodoro.autoStartWork |
false |
Auto-start work |
tracklytics.pomodoro.autoStartOnOpen |
false |
Start on VS Code open |
tracklytics.pomodoro.showNotifications |
true |
Show notifications |
Live Timer Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
tracklytics.liveTimer.showStatusBar |
true |
Show in status bar |
tracklytics.liveTimer.autoPauseOnIdle |
true |
Auto-pause on idle |
📦 Installation
From VSIX
- Download the
.vsix file from Releases
- In VS Code, go to Extensions (
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X)
- Click
... menu → "Install from VSIX..."
- Select the downloaded file
From Source
git clone https://github.com/Avinava/vscode-tracklytics.git
cd vscode-tracklytics
yarn install
yarn build
The .vsix file will be in the release/ folder.
🔍 How AI Detection Works
Tracklytics uses multiple signals to detect AI-assisted coding:
- Extension detection - Checks for active AI extensions (Copilot, Cody, TabNine, etc.)
- Chat panel detection - Detects when AI chat panels are open
- Bulk change detection - Identifies large multi-line insertions typical of AI
- Manual override - You can manually start/end AI sessions
📄 License
MIT License - See LICENSE for details.
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
