DoneThat - Where do you spend your time?
Hey HN! I wanted a time tracker accurate enough to be useful and easy enough to not require a new habit while protecting your privacy. Most trackers (RescueTime etc) only use activity logs and that isn't enough to be very useful. DoneThat uses LLMs to parse your screenshots, which makes it much more accurate but also requires much higher privacy standards, so let's start with those: - Source-available desktop app (https://github.com/donethatai/donethat-electron) screenshots every few min. - App exclusions (password managers, personal comms, etc.) are blanked before the…
DoneThat - Where do you spend your time? launched on October 14, 2025 with 25 votes, #519 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
DoneThat automatically keeps track of your work and helps you set realistic goals. It has many built-in privacy safeguards, an optional social feed, and a team plan. It takes 2min to set up and is fully automated after that. No more manual tracking!
DoneThat is the fully automated AI time tracker and coach that helps you get more productive without manual logging.
DoneThat reconstructs your week from what you actually did, then coaches you on it. + 3.5 h of focus a week against the median for your peer group. The desktop app watches the work quietly. Every frame it captures lands as a five-minute sliver on your day. At the end of the day they merge into the tasks you actually did. You decide what to record, which LLM to use, and what to share. DoneThat's desktop app is open source on GitHub for anyone to inspect. Built in Europe by a seasoned CTO who uses DoneThat himself. Live meetings get imported into the day, and DoneThat can schedule events on your behalf. Analyze your data, sync active projects, log off-screen time, and share updates in both…from donethat.ai
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN! I wanted a time tracker accurate enough to be useful and easy enough to not require a new habit while protecting your privacy. Most trackers (RescueTime etc) only use activity logs and that isn't enough to be very useful. DoneThat uses LLMs to parse your screenshots, which makes it much more accurate but also…
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