Guides
Practical guides to tracking coding time: from git history, from the terminal, and from whichever editor you actually work in. Each one covers what the method measures, where it breaks down, and what to do about the gap.
How to Measure Developer Productivity in 2026 (Without Lying to Yourself)
How to measure developer productivity in 2026: measure outcomes over activity, use a small set of hard-to-fake signals, and track leverage (output per unit of effort) instead of lines, commits, or hours. A practical method for individuals and small teams in the AI era.
Code Metrics That Matter in 2026 (and the Ones That Lie to You)
The code metrics that matter in 2026, ranked by how hard they are to fake: churn, rework, review depth, leverage, and shipped scope. Plus the vanity metrics (lines of code, commit counts, velocity points) that AI-generated code just broke.
Git Analytics in 2026: What Your Repo Data Can (and Cannot) Tell You
A builder's guide to git analytics in 2026: what commit history genuinely reveals, where it lies now that AI writes half the diffs, the main tools compared, and how to turn repo data into proof instead of vanity charts.
Time Tracking for Remote Developers: Output Beats Surveillance (2026)
Time tracking for remote developers in 2026: why screenshot monitoring fails, the 5 best passive trackers compared, and how to prove your output across timezones without being watched.
Coding Time Tracker for Students: The 5 Best Picks in 2026
The best coding time tracker for students in 2026: free picks compared, what each one tracks, and how to turn practice hours into proof you can show your first employer.
Vim Time Tracking: How to Track Coding Time in Vim and Neovim (2026)
How to set up Vim time tracking in 2026: the vim-wakatime plugin, DIY autocmd loggers, git-based inference, and telemetry, what each one misses in a terminal-native workflow, and how to get hours you can actually trust.
JetBrains Time Tracking: How to Track Coding Time in IntelliJ and Its IDEs (2026)
How to set up JetBrains time tracking in 2026: the built-in task timer, plugins, git-based, and telemetry options, what each one misses across IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm and the rest, and how to get hours you can trust.
Cursor Time Tracking: How to Track Your Coding Time in Cursor (2026)
How to set up Cursor time tracking in 2026: the plugin, git-based, and telemetry options, why Cursor's agent counts as your time, and how to get hours you can actually trust and prove.
VS Code Time Tracking: How to Track Coding Time in VS Code (2026)
How to set up VS Code time tracking in 2026: the plugin, git-based, and telemetry options, what each one misses, and how to get hours you can actually trust and prove.
The Developer Dashboard: What to Put On One (and What to Ignore) in 2026
What a developer dashboard should actually show in 2026: the metrics worth a panel, the vanity numbers to cut, why AI broke the old charts, and how to build one you can stand behind.
Coding Stats: Which Ones Actually Mean Something (2026)
A builder's guide to coding stats in 2026: the numbers worth tracking, the vanity metrics to ignore, why AI broke the classic dashboards, and how to turn stats into proof you can stand behind.
Developer Time Tracking: The Complete Guide for 2026
A practical developer time tracking guide: the four ways to track coding time, why AI broke commit-volume as a proxy, and how to get hours you can actually trust and prove.
Changelog
All updatesAugust 13, 2026
Export Reports as PDF
Every report — Overview, Commits, and Issues — now has an Export PDF button that produces a clean, print-optimized document honouring your active filters and date range, ready to attach to an invoice or share with a client. Exports are generated locally in your browser; no data leaves your machine.
August 13, 2026
Figma Design Tracking
The Mac app now tracks time in the Figma desktop app as real design hours — automatically, with nothing to configure. Turn on optional file-name tracking to attribute design time to individual Figma files and auto-map it to projects by naming files "Project — File". Off by default, reading window titles of design apps only, behind an explicit macOS Accessibility grant you approve yourself.
July 5, 2026
Issue Attribution — Linear & Jira
Connect Linear or Jira to sync your issues and automatically tie them to the sessions and commits that shipped them. DevClocked matches issue keys from branches, commit messages, and pull requests, so delivered work links back to what it was for — read-only, with no writeback to your tracker.
June 25, 2026
Slack Integration
Install the DevClocked Slack app to bring reports into your workspace. Admins pick channels and posting rules, and each member links their own account with /devclocked connect for private personal reports and shared team digests.