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TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Do you see open source + self hosting could drive more adoption among developers rather than customers? Looking forward to hear your thoughts. Do you see model like Ghost could be a strategy to grow Open Source SaaS products?

It is an interesting model, and developers seem to like it. TimeTagger is the successor to a similar product that is not open source, which I've posted about here, but never quite got a response like this :) I love open source and maintain several open source projects. By making TimeTagger open source, I was hoping to find a niche of "tech" users. And if it fails, at least the code can be useful to someone else.

That was perhaps the most compelling landing page I've ever seen. When you mentioned the lack of cookie banner I found it strangely exciting.

I hope I'm in a salaried, non time tracking role for the foreseeable future, but if not I'll look into TimeTagger.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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> GPLv3 I'm curious: Why not AGPL, since this is intended as a web application?

Good point. I guess I just defaulted to GPL. At first glance, I think it does not matter since Aferro protects code that runs serverside, and the TimeTagger library is both server and client side code. Edit: but it would not hurt to consider this better...

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Hi, I'm the author of TimeTagger. Thanks for your feedback. Right now you can click the record button and since a description is optional, click start right away. Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :)

> keyboard shortcut Always a good start for any speed increase Are you familiar with emacs and/or vi ?

Improved support for using the keyboard, including keyboard shortcuts.
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