FlowLens
See where your time went today.
Automatically track app and website usage from the Windows tray. Review your day with timelines and charts, with activity data kept on your PC.
Actual program UI with original fictional sample data. Click to view full size. UI rendered with demo data; activity collection and speech synthesis were not run.
Overview
An activity journal that records foreground apps and browser domains without manual timers. Open its tray dashboard when needed to review time spent coding, writing documents, researching and more.
Features
Automatic tracking & pause
Track foreground-window changes and pause automatically on Windows lock, screensaver or sleep. Pause or resume manually from the tray or with Ctrl+P.
Timeline & work blocks
View the day's activity on a colored timeline and group nearby sessions into work blocks. See recorded time, leading categories and window-switch counts.
App, site & period statistics
Explore category, app, domain, hourly and weekday usage with donut and bar charts. Select dates or ranges and drill into details.
Custom classification
Classify activity into 11 categories including coding, documentation, research and entertainment. Add or edit app/site rules and search or filter recent activity.
Projects & reports
Review VSCode workspace and Jira/Confluence project time. Export ranges to HTML, Markdown or CSV, and weekly reports with previous-week comparisons to Markdown or HTML.
Stored on your PC
Keep records in local SQLite without transmitting them. Keystrokes, screenshots, credentials and full URLs are not stored; window titles are masked.
Who it is for
- People reviewing work or hobby time without managing timers
- People who want local records and weekly activity summaries
How to use
- Launch the app to start recording from its tray icon.
- Double-click the tray icon to open the dashboard.
- Choose dates or ranges and customize app/site categories.
- Save reports locally or pause tracking from the tray.
Supported environment
- Windows 10/11 · .NET 8 Desktop Runtime
- Source build: .NET 8 SDK · WPF
Availability
Not publicly released
This program is currently private. Source code and installation files are not publicly available. Download information will be provided here when a public release is ready.
Things to know
The database is stored at %LOCALAPPDATA%\FlowLens\flowlens.db, with automatic cleanup after 90 days. App names, masked titles, domains, times, categories and minimal project identifiers are recorded.
Domain extraction supports Chromium browsers such as Chrome and Edge. Firefox may provide app-only records depending on the environment.
Closing the dashboard leaves tray tracking active. Use Exit in the tray menu to stop the application.
Information checked on October 8, 2026, against repository documentation. Availability and requirements may change.