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Automatic Mac time tracker, break timer, and lid-down keeper in one menu bar pill. 1 Hz sampling to a local SQLite file. No cloud, no account, no telemetry.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built Timex because I was tired of time trackers that demanded my data, my email, and my credit card every month. Every tool I tried sent my activity to the cloud, forced me to manage projects, or interrupted my flow with timers.
So I made the time tracker I actually wanted: **100% local, zero accounts, zero cloud, zero telemetry.** It lives in your menu bar and automatically captures where your time goes — apps, windows, browser tabs — into a local SQLite file on your Mac. It uses <1% CPU, never phones home, and your data is literally just a file you own.
It also includes a smart break timer with 7 exercise types (your back will thank you) and a "clamshell mode" that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed — built because I got tired of my local LLM inference jobs dying when I closed my laptop.
No subscriptions. No lock-in. Your data, your machine, your file.
Would love your honest feedback — especially from anyone who's been burned by cloud time trackers before. What would you want to see next?
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About Timex on Product Hunt
“Automatic, private time tracking for your Mac”
Timex was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #105 on the daily leaderboard. Automatic Mac time tracker, break timer, and lid-down keeper in one menu bar pill. 1 Hz sampling to a local SQLite file. No cloud, no account, no telemetry.
Timex was featured in Mac (103.5k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 10.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Timex?
Timex was hunted by Don Karter. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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