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Add to SafariWhen comparing Project Hamster vs timewarrior, the Slant community recommends Project Hamster for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux time tracking apps for project management?” Project Hamster is ranked 2nd while timewarrior is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Project Hamster is:
An overview of all tracked activity over a day, a week, or a month is available that helps get an understanding of how activity is distributed over time. The overview can also be exported to an HTML file that's intended for printing.
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Pros
Pro Provides a good overview of activity
An overview of all tracked activity over a day, a week, or a month is available that helps get an understanding of how activity is distributed over time. The overview can also be exported to an HTML file that's intended for printing.
Pro Long-term support guaranteed
As a Gnome application it is supported by a mature community of more than 100 contributors.
Pro Multiple ways to categorize activity
All activity entries can be put into categories and have multiple tags assigned to them.
Pro Easy to use
One click to access the app.
Pro Powerful options to manipulate/change/rearrange tasks in the past
Practical when you forgot to start it or left it running, or ended up doing several tasks and not one, etc.
Pro Command line
No need to switch from the terminal.
Cons
Con Only compatible with Gnome 3
If you use another desktop environment it will feel out of place as it is specifically developed with Gnome 3 in mind.
Con Does not scale for HIDPI displays
The text and buttons in this app do not scale for larger resolution displays making for a difficult to use app when using native 4k resolutions.
Con No activity is tracked automatically
Unlike other apps that automatically are capable of tracking for example which apps are open, Hamster requires add all activity manually.
Con rom
Con Not synced
Not synced between devices (but you can rsync the .timewarrior folder if you want).
