Time tracking from within an IDE

Question

I would like to track how much time is spent on each project within my IDE. For as long as I've been developing, I've used a standalone application or even a web application. I would like it to tie into the IDE directly because it will automatically track time spent based on the open project / file (ideally).

I started to read about TimeKeeper for Netbeans. What else works well ... for free?

Walter

Answer 1

I've had good experiences with http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/ for eclipse

Also, the commercial extension of mylyn, TaskTop has a number of interesting features such as task-specific desktops and breakdown of hours spent / bug, etc.

Answer 2

Check out WakaTime for NetBeans. It's open-source on GitHub, and completely automatic:

https://github.com/wakatime/netbeans-wakatime