Project Management

Development Time Tracking

Track time spent on coding tasks and generate detailed reports. Understand where development hours go across projects and features.

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Overview

WakaTime automatically tracks your coding activity, recording time spent per file, language, project, and branch. It runs silently in the background of your editor or terminal, building a detailed picture of where your development hours are spent without requiring manual time entries.

When integrated with AI coding agents, time tracking becomes more insightful. Your agent can query your WakaTime dashboard to understand how long you spent on different parts of the codebase, which files took the most development time, and how your coding patterns change across projects. This data helps with sprint planning and estimation.

The integration also provides accountability and transparency for remote teams. Developers can share automated time reports with managers, and AI agents can help generate weekly summaries of development activity, breaking down time by feature, bug fix, or code review.

Who Is This For?

Developers tracking coding time automatically without manual timesheets
Teams generating weekly development activity reports
Managers understanding time allocation across projects and features
Freelancers tracking billable hours per project with detailed breakdowns

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

pip install wakatime
Add your WakaTime API key to ~/.wakatime.cfg
Claude Code activity is tracked automatically in the terminal

Configuration

# ~/.wakatime.cfg
[settings]
api_key = waka_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
hide_file_names = false
hide_project_names = false
# Get your API key at: https://wakatime.com/settings/api-key

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