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sigma-z/simtt
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Interactive Simple Command Line Time Tracker in PHP

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Simtt - Interactive Simple Time Tracker for the CLI in PHP
==========================================================

[](#simtt---interactive-simple-time-tracker-for-the-cli-in-php)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/52df4aa41c6b7d62726f3ba2deeb441ebb40f5ca7a69a11dd699516499243af7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7369676d612d7a2f73696d74742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/sigma-z/simtt)[![Minimum PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2d18ce514c7016022dad012ac9e39a8b6f47cc411b2daff6627cbf208f8cea63/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344253230382e312d3838393242462e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://php.net/)[![CI Status](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/workflows/Continuous%20Integration/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/actions)

Read the full [documentation](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/blob/master/docs/documentation.md)

The project was inspired by [badcrocodile/cltt](https://github.com/badcrocodile/cltt).

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Start timer and Status

[](#start-timer-and-status)

[![Start timer and Status](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/start_timer_and_status.gif)](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/start_timer_and_status.gif)

### What have I done today?

[](#what-have-i-done-today)

[![day and day sum](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/day_and_day_sum.gif)](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/day_and_day_sum.gif)

### What did I do yesterday?

[](#what-did-i-do-yesterday)

[![yesterday and yesterday sum](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/yesterday_and_yesterday_sum.gif)](https://github.com/sigma-z/simtt/raw/master/docs/assets/yesterday_and_yesterday_sum.gif)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`$ composer create-project sigma-z/simtt`

**Linux/MacOS**

`$ ./simtt --version`

**Windows**

`$ php simtt --version`

Implemented features
--------------------

[](#implemented-features)

This is an early project state. At the moment the tool can do:

- start a timer
- update the start of a timer
- stop a timer
- update the stop of a timer
- status whether a timer is running or not

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

- it is not possible to track times across days

Quick feature overview
----------------------

[](#quick-feature-overview)

Usage `./simtt -i` to run the Simple Time Tracker in interactive mode. You then can run a lot of commands directly by typing and pressing ``:

`start [time] [task-name]`

> starts a timer at a given time for a named task. Note: time and task name can be left blank.

- implemented

`start* [time] [task-name]`

> updates the start of last log entry. Note: time and task name can be left blank.

- implemented

`stop [time] [task-name]`

> stops a timer at a given time for a named task. Note: time and task name can be left blank, a given task name will overwrite the task name given at the start.

- implemented

`stop* [time] [task-name]`

> updates the stopping time of last log entry. Note: time and task name can be left blank.

- implemented

`continue [time]`

> continues last stopped task for a given time.

- implemented

`status`

> shows status whether a task is running, or not.

- implemented

`now`

> shows current time (which can be different because of your configuration - see config precision)

- implemented

`task[-offset] [task-name]`

> updates a task text for a specified or currently running task. See also the documentation.

- implemented

`comment[-offset] [comment]`

> updates a comment for a specified or currently running task. See also the documentation.

- implemented

`tasks`

> shows a list of the latest time tracked tasks

- implemented

`log [range-selection]`

> shows the latest log entries by range.

- implemented

`day [sum]`

> shows the log entries of today. If "sum" is defined, it shows the log entries summarized.

- implemented

`day-1 [sum]` or `yesterday [sum]`

> shows the log entries of yesterday. If "sum" is defined, it shows the log entries summarized.

- implemented

`day-n [sum]`

> shows the log entries for n-days before today. If "sum" is defined, it shows the log entries summarized.

- implemented

You can do the same type of output for `week` and `month`.

- week implemented
- month implemented

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance49

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~275 days

Total

5

Last Release

1235d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.1PHP ^7.2

1.2.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/853581?v=4)[Steffen Z.](/maintainers/sigma-z)[@sigma-z](https://github.com/sigma-z)

---

Top Contributors

[![sigma-z](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/853581?v=4)](https://github.com/sigma-z "sigma-z (103 commits)")

---

Tags

time-trackercli timerwork timer

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