Extension to ActivityWatch which allows you to track the commands you've written and time spent in terminals.

Automatically track following data for every command execution:

• the executed command
• path of the shell
• shell name
• exit code of the command
• execution time
• session id (automatically created)

For simpler analysis on how long you've worked in the terminal (and in which directories and paths) this data is stored in a separate bucket. Following data is tracked there:

• shell name
• path
• session id

With the data stored it is theoretically possible to write all commands executed in a specific terminal session into a file. This feature is not yet implemented.

You need to have ActivityWatch installed.

git clone https://github.com/otto-aa/aw-watcher-terminal.git
cd aw-watcher-terminal
make build

If your preferred shell is missing, feel free to file an issue or create the shell watcher on your own (see docs).

• bash or zsh

# If the aw-server is not started yet (e.g. by aw-qt), then start it in a separate terminal
aw-server

# Start the terminal watcher
aw-watcher-terminal

Currently, you can pass it the flags --testing for using the test server and --verbose for more detailed logging

Note: If you want it to autostart with aw-qt, take a look at this this issue

echo "Finished installation"