Tracks on its own
Time counts while you type, read, debug or run commands. Pauses past the idle threshold are left out, and several windows never count the same minute twice.
Time tracker for VS Code, VSCodium and Cursor
Time tracking for VS Code and your AI agents
NiceTiming counts your time in each project, file, language and branch while you work, and shows the time agents such as Claude Code or Codex spend editing your files apart from yours. No timer to start, no account to create. Your data stays on your computer.
The extension is free. VS Code 1.90 or later, and VSCodium, Cursor or Windsurf through Open VSX. NiceTiming Pro adds more tools, with a 14-day trial without a card.
What it does
Everything happens inside the editor. The web dashboard is optional.
Your AI agents, apart
When files change while you are not editing them, the time goes to the agent: Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI and others.
Reports and timesheets
Any period, by project, language or branch, an editable timeline, and exports to CSV, Markdown, iCalendar and JSON.
Billing
Hourly rates, clients and budgets for free. PDF invoices, quotes and Factur-X files with NiceTiming Pro.
Several computers
Sync through NiceTiming Cloud and see your time in a web dashboard, with a Today page for your phone. Pro syncs every computer you use.
Imports
Bring your history from Toggl Track and Clockify CSV files, or from NiceTiming 1.x.
Your AI agents, measured
See how long Claude Code or Codex worked in each project, beside your own time. Turn on token usage and the AI tab shows tokens and their cost at public API prices, by agent, model and project. Only numbers are kept, never the text of your conversations.
- Agent time, by agent and project
- Tokens and their estimated cost, when you turn it on
- A notice when an agent finishes or waits for you
Reports that answer real questions
- How much did I work this week, and on what?
- On which days and at which hours do I focus best?
- How many billable hours do I owe this client?
- Where did the time spent on this branch go?
An island that grows as you work
Each project with an hour of work gets a building, and the island grows through thirty stages into an archipelago of six islands. It is optional and fully free: a day off costs nothing, and nothing sold gives an advantage.
- Run its town while your AI codes: residents earn coins, and the cargo boat loads while an agent works.
- Decorate it with items you unlock by working.
- Share it with a link, with or without your project names.
- Visit the islands other people chose to list.
A sandbank · from 0 h
A hill rises · from 12 h
A mountain · from 33 h
A second islet · from 63 h
Your data stays yours
On your computer
Plain text files on your machine, no account and no telemetry. The extension works without a network connection.
Never the contents of your files
Activity records hold timestamps, projects, file paths, languages, branches and line counts. The code you write is never recorded.
Nothing leaves unless you ask
Nothing leaves your computer unless you turn on sync, or an option that uses an online language model.
Nothing hidden
This site has no analytics, no ads and no third-party scripts. On NiceTiming Cloud, you can download or delete everything from Settings.
Free and Pro
Free
€0
Tracking, reports, rates, budgets, every export, the imports, the AI features with your own provider, and the whole island.
NiceTiming Pro
Working time, requests to AI agents, prompts, PDF invoices, Excel exports, the API, and NiceTiming Cloud without limits.
Try it for 14 days, without a card.
Questions
Is NiceTiming free? What does NiceTiming Pro cost?
The extension is free, and what it does stays free: automatic tracking, reports, the timeline, rates, clients, budgets, timesheets, every export (CSV, Markdown, iCalendar, JSON), the Toggl Track and Clockify imports, the AI features with your own provider and the whole island game. NiceTiming Pro, sold by NiceTiming Cloud, adds tools for working time, requests to AI agents, prompts and invoicing (PDF invoices, Excel exports, an API), and NiceTiming Cloud without limits. Try it for 14 days, without a card.
Can NiceTiming track the time AI agents like Claude Code or Codex spend?
Yes, apart from your own time. When files change while you are not editing them, for example when an agent works from a terminal or on files you are not looking at, NiceTiming counts that time as an agent’s, with its name when it can tell (Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Copilot CLI, or the editor itself in Cursor or Windsurf). The setting clockingTimer.tracking.aiAgents turns it off. If you also turn on token usage, the AI tab shows the tokens Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Cline, Roo Code and Kilo Code used, by project, model and agent, with their cost at public API prices. Only numbers are kept, never the text of your conversations.
Which editors does NiceTiming work in?
Visual Studio Code 1.90 or later, on Windows, macOS and Linux, from the Visual Studio Marketplace. VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf and the other editors built on VS Code install it from Open VSX. It does not work in JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Neovim or other editors.
What is recorded, and does anything leave my computer?
Short activity records: a timestamp, the project, the file’s path in the project, the language, the branch, the kind of activity and line counts. Never the contents of your files. They are plain text files in the folder VS Code gives the extension; there is no account and no telemetry. Nothing leaves your computer unless you turn on sync, ask an online language model for a text (your stand-up, for example), or turn on an option that uses one. You can also keep file extensions instead of file names.
How is NiceTiming different from WakaTime?
NiceTiming needs no account and no server: it runs on your computer and keeps your data there. It counts your AI agents’ time apart from yours, and adds billing (rates, clients, budgets, timesheets) and a small game. It works only in VS Code and the editors built on it.
Can I import my time from Toggl Track or Clockify?
Yes. NiceTiming imports CSV exports of Toggl Track and Clockify for free, as well as its own backups and the data of NiceTiming 1.x. With NiceTiming Pro, two-way integrations also send your time to Toggl Track, Clockify, Harvest or Jira worklogs, and bring theirs back, after a preview.
Can I use it to bill my clients?
Yes. Set hourly rates per project, clients and budgets (with a warning at 80 % and 100 %), mark billable time, then export a timesheet or billable amounts as CSV, for free. NiceTiming Pro makes PDF invoices from tracked time, with VAT, discounts, quotes and Factur-X files; the invoices you made stay yours if Pro ends.
What is the island, and do I have to play?
A voxel island grows with the hours you track: every project with at least an hour of work gets a building, and the island has a town, fishing, creatures and much more. It follows your work: a day off costs nothing, and you never need to open it to track your time. The whole game is free; nothing sold gives an advantage, and cosmetic packs only change how it looks.
Start tracking in a minute
Install the extension, keep coding, and open the dashboard when you want to look back.