About
pace
is a mindful productivity tool designed to help you keep track of your
activities with ease and intention.
Born from the desire to blend simplicity with effectiveness, pace offers a command-line interface (CLI) that encourages focused work sessions, thoughtful reflection on task durations, and a harmonious balance between work and rest.
Whether you're a developer, a writer, or anyone who values structured time management, pace provides the framework to log activities, review progress, and optimize how you spend your time.
With features like the first activity wizard for onboarding new users, real-time configuration validation (upcoming), and personalized activity logs, pace is more than a time tracker — it's your partner in crafting a productive and mindful routine.
Contact
You can ask questions in the Discussions or have a look at the FAQ.
Contact | Where? |
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Issue Tracker | GitHub Issues |
Discord | |
Discussions | GitHub Discussions |
Getting started
Please check our documentation for more information on how to get started.
Installation
Check out the releases.
From source
Beware: This installs the latest development version, which might be unstable.
crates.io
Usage
Key
✅ = fully functioning
🔍 = review and testing in progress
🪧 = implemented, more testing needed
⏲️ = work in progress
📜 = design stage
❌ = not implemented, yet
💡 = idea
Commands
Note: The following commands are subject to change as the project develops. Currently they are stating the intended functionality and may not be fully implemented yet (e.g. using activities instead of tasks).
🔍 pace craft
- Description: Craft configuration files for pace, including the main configuration file and any additional settings. This is useful for setting up pace for the first time or when you need to change your settings. You can also generate shell completions for your shell of choice. And generate a project configuration file.
- Usage:
pace craft setup
🔍 pace begin
- Description: Starts tracking time for the specified task. You can optionally specify a category or project to help organize your tasks.
- Usage:
pace begin "Design Work" --category "Freelance" --time 10:00
🔍 pace end
- Description: Stops time tracking for the specified task, marking it as completed or finished for the day.
- Usage:
pace end --time 11:30 --only-last
🔍 pace now
- Description: Displays the currently running task, showing you at a glance what you're currently tracking.
- Usage:
pace now
🪧 pace hold
- Description: Pauses the time tracking for the specified task. This is useful for taking breaks without ending the task.
- Usage:
pace hold
orpace hold "Design Work"
⏲️ pace resume
- Description: Resumes time tracking for a previously paused task, allowing you to continue where you left off.
- Usage:
pace resume "Design Work"
📜 pace review
- Description: Gain insight in your activities and tasks. You can specify the time frame for daily, weekly, or monthly insights.
- Usage:
pace review --weekly
✅ pace help
- Description: Displays help information, offering quick access to command usage and options.
- Usage:
pace help
orpace <command> --help
Ideas For Additional Useful Commands
💡 pace export --json/--csv
- Description: Exports your tracked data and insights in JSON or CSV format, suitable for analysis or record-keeping.
- Usage:
pace export --csv --from 2021-01-01 --to 2021-01-31
💡 pace tasks
- Description: Lists all tasks with optional filters. Use this to view active, completed, or today's tasks.
- Usage:
pace tasks --active
💡 pace projects
- Description: Lists all projects with optional filters. Use this to view all projects, subprojects and their associated tasks.
- Usage:
pace projects
💡 pace pomo
- Description: Starts a Pomodoro session for the specified task, integrating the Pomodoro technique directly with your tasks.
- Usage:
pace pomo "Study Session"
💡 pace set
- Description: Sets various application configurations, including Pomodoro lengths and preferred review formats.
- Usage:
pace set --work 25 --break 5
Contributing
Found a bug? Open an issue!
Got an idea for an improvement? Don't keep it to yourself!
- Contribute fixes or new features via a pull requests!
Please make sure, that you read the contribution guide.
Minimum Rust version policy
This crate's minimum supported rustc
version is 1.74.1
.
The current policy is that the minimum Rust version required to use this crate
can be increased in minor version updates. For example, if crate 1.0
requires
Rust 1.20.0, then crate 1.0.z
for all values of z
will also require Rust
1.20.0 or newer. However, crate 1.y
for y > 0
may require a newer minimum
version of Rust.
In general, this crate will be conservative with respect to the minimum supported version of Rust.
License
AGPL-3.0-or-later; see LICENSE.