rustytime

🕒 Blazingly fast time tracking for developers

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What is rustytime?

rustytime is a self-hosted, WakaTime-compatible backend for tracking your coding time that works with any* existing WakaTime plugin!

*every plugin that allows setting custom API URLs

Features

• WakaTime Compatible — Drop-in replacement for the WakaTime API
• Fast and Memory Efficient — Built for high performance and low resource usage
• GitHub OAuth — Simple login with your GitHub account
• Data Importing — Import your existing data from Hackatime
• Observability — Built-in OpenTelemetry + Pyroscope support
• Self-Hosted — Full control over your data

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Docker (and Docker Compose)
• GitHub OAuth App (for authentication)

1. Clone and Configure

git clone https://github.com/ImShyMike/rustytime && cd rustytime
cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file with your GitHub OAuth credentials:

GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret

2. Run with Docker

docker compose up

The app should now be now available at http://localhost:5173

Alternative: Run Components Separately

# Start database + backend only
docker compose up timescaledb rustytime

# Run frontend (in another terminal)
cd frontend && npm run dev

Connect Your Editor

Configure your WakaTime plugin to use rustytime:

Environment	API URL
Local	http://localhost:3000/api/v1
Hosted	https://api-rustytime.shymike.dev/api/v1

Most plugins support setting a custom API URL in their settings. Use your rustytime API key from the settings page.

Development

Backend (Rust)

cd rustytime
cargo run                    # Start server
cargo run --features seed    # Start with test data (10k heartbeats)
cargo test                   # Run tests
cargo build --release        # Production build

Frontend (SvelteKit)

cd frontend
npm run dev      # Start dev server
npm run build    # Production build
npm run check    # Type check
npm run lint     # Lint code

Observability

OpenTelemetry

Enable tracing, metrics, and logs with OpenTelemetry:

OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=rustytime-backend
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4317
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=grpc
OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp
OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=otlp
OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp

Pyroscope Profiling

Enable continuous profiling:

PYROSCOPE_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:4040
PYROSCOPE_SAMPLE_RATE=99

Is this better than wakapi?

Probably not... this was just a fun side project, if you want something that's actually production ready just use Wakapi 😭

Architecture

Component	Details
Backend	Rust, Axum, Diesel
Frontend	SvelteKit, TailwindCSS
Database	TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL)

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License

This project is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3.