Alternatives
A free, open-source alternative to paid time trackers
Most popular Mac time trackers are paid apps or subscription services built around cloud accounts. Tokify takes a different approach: free, open source, offline-first, and living quietly in your menu bar.
What makes Tokify a real alternative
Free and open source
GPL-3.0 and built in the open — no paywalls, no trials, no upsells.
No account
Install it and start tracking. There's no sign-up wall.
Works offline
Fully functional with no connection. Sync is optional and end-to-end encrypted.
Plain-text data you own
Your history is a text file at ~/.tock.txt — readable, greppable, and yours forever.
Native macOS menu bar
Type what you're doing, press Start, get back to work. No heavy dashboard.
Export anywhere
CSV, JSON, or plain text by date range or project.
Alternative to RescueTime
RescueTime is a paid service that automatically tracks how you spend time across apps and websites and reports on it through a cloud account. Tokify doesn’t do passive, automatic capture — it’s an intentional tracker where you log what you’re working on. If the automatic-tracking-plus-cloud model isn’t for you, Tokify offers a free, offline, account-free approach where your data never leaves your Mac unless you turn on encrypted sync.
Alternative to Toggl
Toggl Track is a subscription SaaS built around a cloud account and cross-platform apps. Tokify is the free, open-source, macOS- native counterpart: no account, offline-first, and your time stays in a plain-text file you control. See the full Tokify vs Toggl comparison.
Alternative to Timing
Timing is a paid Mac app known for automatically tracking your activity. Tokify is free and open source and takes the intentional route — you press Start on what you’re doing — while keeping your history as plain text rather than an app database. See the full Tokify vs Timing comparison.
Try Tokify
It takes under a minute to install and needs no account.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/relegate-to/tokify/main/install.sh | shFree · Open source (GPL-3.0) · macOS 11+ · No account required