WakaTime
WakaTime provides fully automatic code statistics and insights directly from your Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or text editor.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Automatic code stats and dashboards for developers, straight from your IDE.
Who should look elsewhere
Limited dashboard history on the free plan
Pros
- +Fully automatic, requiring no manual time entry
- +Provides deep insights into coding habits and productivity
- +Supports a vast array of IDEs and text editors
- +Offers team collaboration features and leaderboards
- +Open-source plugins for transparency and community contributions
Cons
- −Limited dashboard history on the free plan
- −Advanced features and integrations are locked behind paid tiers
- −May not track non-coding development activities (e.g., design, research) as accurately
Key features
- ✓Automatic code stats tracking
- ✓Time spent per project, file, or feature
- ✓Comparison of time in meetings vs. coding
- ✓Identification of codebase bottlenecks
- ✓Leaderboards and goals for competition and personal tracking
- ✓Team dashboards for aggregated stats
- ✓Commit and Pull Request (PR) stats
- ✓Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, and more
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | — | month | 1 week dashboard history; weekly email reports; 1 programming goal |
| Basic | $5.5 | month | Everything in Free; 2 weeks dashboard history; weekly & daily email reports |
| Premium | $11 | month | Everything in Basic; unlimited dashboard history; unlimited programming goals |
| Team | $16.5 | month | Everything in Premium; up to 100 developers; unlimited team dashboards |
| Business | $19.25 | month | Everything in Team; 100-1,000 developers; onboarding support & training |