Your Time Tracker
That Actually Works.
No Manual Timers.

The core problem with manual time trackers is that they require conscious effort at the exact moment you need to be focused on your work. It is an ironic loop: good, immersive work makes you forget to start or stop your timer. That defeats the entire purpose of having billing records. If you had the discipline to babysit clock triggers every hour, you could just write your durations directly in a spreadsheet. This friction is why most freelancers and developers give up on tracking apps within their first week, resorting to guessing invoice numbers on Friday.

An automatic time tracker chrome extension solves this by shifting the responsibility from the user to the browser itself. Real automatic tracking means the tool runs silently in the background, listening to browser tab activation and window switching events. There are no start buttons, no timers to pause, and no desktop apps window-grabbing your coordinates. When you navigate to a webpage, it counts; when you switch tabs, it updates.

However, general automatic trackers—like RescueTime—have a major project context gap. They will tell you that you spent four hours on github.com or two hours in Figma, but they cannot distinguish between your personal side project, Client A's repository, or Client B's design system. Without project mapping, the raw domain logging is useless for professional client billing or structured productivity audits. You are left manually grouping domains at the end of the week.

FocusLog solves this by introducing domain-to-project mappings. In the settings options, you map domains or path subfolders to specific client project names once. For example, you can assign github.com/my-user/client-a-repo to "Client A" and leetcode.com to "DSA Practice". FocusLog monitors your active tab, identifies the matching project, and logs the duration in local storage. One quick configuration yields complete automation.

Accuracy is another key issue in website time tracking. If you leave GitHub open and walk away from your desk for half an hour, you do not want to bill your client for that inactive time. FocusLog features built-in idle detection. If there is no keyboard or mouse activity for five minutes, the active session is automatically paused. The moment you return and move your mouse, the timer resumes. By monitoring window focus events, it also pauses tracking when you switch away from Chrome to use other native software, ensuring completely honest billing records.

Privacy is the biggest concern when installing browser trackers. Many extensions send all your visited URLs and browsing patterns to remote cloud servers. FocusLog is designed on a local-first philosophy. All tracked logs, project structures, and idle preferences are saved directly inside your browser sandbox using chrome.storage.local. No personal details are gathered, no user account is required, and absolutely no tracking data ever leaves your computer.

FocusLog is built for freelancers who need accurate timesheets, developers seeking to capture learning sessions, remote workers logging tasks, and students monitoring study routines. The extension's Free tier supports tracking up to three projects with a rolling seven-day history and CSV exporting. For advanced invoicing features—such as Notion integrations, customizable goal alerts, and automated billable amount calculations—FocusLog Pro offers the ultimate automatic timesheet workflow.