Show HN: Vigil – open-source TimeTracker with steroids

Category: devtools

Tags: time-tracking, productivity, electron-app, self-hosted, privacy

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Vigil is a self-hosted, privacy-first desktop productivity tracker built with Electron, React, and TypeScript. It automatically tracks app usage and window focus locally via SQLite, offers Pomodoro-style focus sessions, app blocking, and detailed analytics with a force-directed graph view, all while ensuring no data leaves the machine unless explicitly opted in for AI insights.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, devops

Repository: https://github.com/Brokenwatch24/vigil · TypeScript · MIT · 1 stars

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