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by jaisonjustus 3817 days ago
We're currently building a desktop based time tracking application for ourselves, later we will release to everyone. Our main goal is to bring us back on track on our personal projects. Also billing solution for our consulting work.
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I'm really interested in this! I've basically strung together some text files but occasionally lose a couple of hours tinkering to see if there's a better way. What backend are you going for? If it's Linux-compatible I'd love to beta test for you when you're ready.
Nice to hear that you are interested in out application. We are making it compatible for all platforms. Application base is Electron/NodeJS and views using ReactJS. Sure we will send you the application once the beta is ready. Thanks. Peace
Out of curiosity, have you seen Toggl? We use it at work for time tracking and find it mostly quite good. Would be curious to know what's different about your use case.
I had seen Toggl, But not yet used. What's new in my app? that's a good question. Time tracking is one of the main features in the app. but the main focus of the app is to help and keep track of personal projects. Normally in our case, (me & my friends) we have a lot of personal projects. Some are finished, some in prototyping state, some in debt. Now the main problem we are facing is to track and measure the effort that we put in our personal projects. Also, we need to bring back the project to track if it slips away. We observed the reason why your personal projects slip away and we found some reasons. First thing is the issue regarding the management and you are not aware of the effort that you put for the project like the time you took to think, design, structure, code etc. So we thought of an assistance/motivator who take can take care of managing the projects and provide you with vital information which proves that you are progressing. This is purely an experimental project, but we are trying our best to bring good solutions.

This you can still achieve in other apps like toggl or freckle. But they lack the management and we are focusing on the managing part. Once the beta is ready i will send it to you. Happy to get your feedbacks.

peace