Open Source Screen Time AlternativesTime Tracking & Anti Procrastination Tools like Screen Time

The best open source alternative to Screen Time is ActivityWatch. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Screen Time and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Screen Time are TimeScribe, LeechBlock, Screen Time for Android and Furtherance.

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  1. ActivityWatch icon

    ActivityWatch

     563 likes

    Open-source, cross-platform app tracks time on devices, providing productivity insights, anti-procrastination tools, and Pomodoro timers in a privacy-focused, no third-party data system, customizable by user extensions, making it a versatile alternative to RescueTime and ManicTime.

    104 ActivityWatch alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Rust
    • Python
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    ActivityWatch vs Screen Time Comments
    Conner Vieira
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    It's open source, privacy respecting, and works on a wide variety of platforms.

    • ActivityWatch is Free and Open SourceScreen Time is Free and Proprietary
    • ActivityWatch is Privacy focused and LightweightScreen Time is not according to our users
  2. TimeScribe icon

    TimeScribe

     20 likes

    TimeScribe lets you effortlessly start, stop, and pause your work time with just a click, ensuring a straightforward time tracking experience. The app provides an intuitive dashboard to monitor your daily activities, including breaks, and allows you to customize your weekly work...

    76 TimeScribe alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. LeechBlock icon

    LeechBlock

     65 likes

    LeechBlock is a simple free productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.

    109 LeechBlock alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Blocking Page
     
  6. Furtherance icon

    Furtherance

     6 likes

    Furtherance is a time tracking app. It allows you to track time spent on different activities without worrying about your data being captured and sold.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
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  7. SimplyTrack icon

    SimplyTrack

     1 like

    A simple, elegant macOS productivity tracking app that helps you monitor your application and website usage patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. ProcrastiScan icon

    ProcrastiScan

     2 likes

    Evaluates tab content meaning for task relevance, calculates live focus scores, and activates interventions like tab blocking, chatbot assistance, nudging, and procrastination lists. Features a dashboard to review browsing focus trends and distraction history.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. usageDirect icon

    usageDirect

     4 likes

    – Display reliable app usage statistics from up to ten days before the app was installed

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  11. CacheGuard Gateway icon

    CacheGuard Gateway

     6 likes

    CacheGuard Gateway is a free and open-source Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and a Quality of Service (QoS) platform designed to optimize WAN traffic. To obtain a CacheGuard Gateway appliance, download CacheGuard-OS and install it on...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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  12. DansGuardian icon

    DansGuardian

     7 likes

    DansGuardian is an award winning Open Source web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.

    39 DansGuardian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. EventRecorder icon

    EventRecorder

     1 like

    EventRecorder is a simple application to record timed events. It is useful to keep track of the time spent on different tasks, and to generate reports.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  14. Produchive icon

    Produchive

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    An offline productivity app monitoring your activity, using open source LLMs to judge the productivity of the day for the target YOU have set. Your data is stored in your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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