zytli

A time tracker for your projects

Time, kept
in little pieces.

Start a timer, pick a task, get on with it. zytli keeps the day as a colored bar and the week as one table you can read in ten seconds.

For macOS, Windows and Linux. One hour free, no account. Then €12.99, once, for a lifetime license.

Landing page copyWebsite › Writing
Today7h 15 of 8h 00
  • Bugs ZytliFix the export header16:00 – 16:42
  • Planning StudioNext quarter14:12 – 15:54
  • Invoices StudioOctober13:24 – 14:12

The day

See where it went, not just how much.

Every day is one bar, from the start of your morning to the end of your evening. Each stretch of work takes the color of its task, and what you did not track stays hatched, so a long lunch looks like a long lunch.

A minute of switching between two entries is not a break. Set how short a gap has to be to count as work for the next entry, and zytli folds it in for you.

  • Design
  • Interviews
  • Planning
  • Invoices
  • Bugs
  • Not tracked

Colors

The color belongs to the task.

Projects hold tasks, and every task has its own color, so two jobs for the same client never blur together. Twenty-two colors, chosen to stay apart from one another, and a new task takes the first one nobody is using.

The week

One table. The whole week.

Each day gauges itself against your target, and each row shows its share of the week, so the task that ate your Wednesday is the first thing you see. Copy it as Markdown for a status update.

ProjectMon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Total
Total6h 307h 548h 245h 364h 0032h 24
Website4h 003h 125h 062h 242h 00
Writing1h 301h 122h 361h 241h 12
Design2h 302h 002h 301h 000h 48
Studio2h 304h 423h 183h 122h 00
Planning1h 002h 121h 181h 420h 48
Invoices0h 301h 000h 480h 300h 24
Interviews1h 001h 301h 121h 000h 48
  • Part-time, properly

    Choose your working days. Days off stay out of the way, unless you tracked something on them.

  • Hours, or decimals

    Read durations as 1h 30 or as 1.5, in the table and in the Markdown you copy, whichever your invoice wants.

  • Your week starts when you say

    Monday, Sunday, Saturday. The reports follow.

Yours

One file on your disk. That is all.

zytli stores everything in a single SQLite file on your computer. No account, no sync you did not ask for, nothing to sign in to. Back it up by copying it.

It is a native app, not a browser in a window, so it opens at once and stays out of your way. Light, dark, or whatever your system is doing.

Account
None
Data
One SQLite file
Network
Only for the license
Import
From your previous tracker

Get zytli

Start with the next hour.

Buy zytli · €12.99

One hour free, no account. Then €12.99, once, for a lifetime license. Secure checkout by Polar.

  • macOS

    Apple silicon, macOS 12 or later

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  • Windows

    Soon
  • Linux

    Soon