imclab / macwintracker

Mac-only script for tracking active window. Records application name, window title, and extra data such as a URL or file path. Logs results as JSON, which you can parse however you pleaseth.

Note: No longer developed because http://appscript.sourceforge.net/status.html

Description

Mac-only script for tracking active window. Records application name, window title, current chat status (because I usually specify what I'm working on via my status), and, when possible, extra data such as a URL or file path. Logs results as JSON, which you can parse however you pleaseth.

Installation

Requires py-appscript

Install

$ git clone git://github.com/katylava/macwintracker.git
$ cd macwintracker
$ ./setup.sh <interval>

The active window will be logged every <interval> seconds. You can run setup.sh again to change it.

To stop wintracker

$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.katylavallee.wintracker
$ ./uninstall.sh

How It Works

A launchd agent runs the main tracking script on load and pipes the output to a logfile. Another launchd agent rotates and dedupes the logs once a day.

Output is stored as JSON in ~/Library/Logs/com.katylavallee.wintracker. Parse at will.

Adding support for more applications

I'm adding applications as needed. If you fork the project and add apps you use, submit a pull request.

Future

• Tools for parsing the log data... any ideas?
• Instead of putting logic for all applications in wintracker.py, create a plugin system
• Add parameters to setup script to allow user to configure log rotation interval