A screentime monitoring tool, shows how much time are you really using certain apps. It work nicely with i3status or py3status on I3 window manager for example :)

Install:

Arch:

yay screentime (or other AUR manager)

Locally:

cargo install

Usage:

1. Run screentime in background to run the daemon
   1. Make requests
   2. screentime total will show you the total screentime in seconds
   3. screentime hms will show you the total screentime in HH:MM:SS format
   4. screentime summary will show you the usage summary in a nice format
   5. screentime raw_summary will show you the usage summary in a JSON format

Config:

Config path: $HOME/.config/screentime/config.toml

Variables:

• port (The port for the listening deamon (default 9898)
• seconds_before_afk (After how much seconds of inactivity assumes AFK (default 30)
• snapshot_interval_in_seconds (How often program saves its state on disk (default 10)

How it works:

It just maintains a counter HashMap updated every second by one thread. Other thread has an HTTP API for the client to access the usage time. It uses only cross-platform libraries, so it should work on all three popular OSes.

Features:

• [x] Linux, Windows and MacOS
• [x] Measure total screentime
• [x] AFK feature
• [x] Configurable
• [x] Simple client in a binary

Contributing:

Feel free to open an issue, or just make a pull request. If you see any improvements to make the code better in any way, open a PR. I'd be happy to welcome new contributors :)