This is a fork of aw-watcher-window which doesn't connect to ActivityMonitor.
It uses the core cross platform code, and instead logs the events to a CSV file. (defaults to ${XDG_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.local/share}/window_events.csv)
Installs as window_watcher, as to not cause possible name conflicts.
Library to parse the CSV files generated by this here
usage: A cross platform window watcher.
Supported on: Linux (X11), macOS and Windows.
[-h] [-d DATAFILE] [-p POLL_TIME] [-i IGNORE]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d DATAFILE, --datafile DATAFILE
csv file to log events to
-p POLL_TIME, --poll-time POLL_TIME
seconds to wait between polling for window events
-i IGNORE, --ignore-regex IGNORE
if the application or window title matches this regex,
don't write it to the file. Can be supplied multiple
times
Similar to aw-watcher-window, this logs when the event started, the duration the window was focused, the application name and the window title. An excerpt:
1599589324,1,Alacritty,Alacritty
1599589325,6,firefoxdeveloperedition,csv — CSV File Reading and Writing — Python 3.8.5 documentation - Firefox Developer Edition
To install with pip:
pip install git+https://github.com/purarue/aw-watcher-window
Converted from using poetry to setuptools, I've tested this on Linux (X11) and MacOS (Catalina)
I haven't tested this on windows (particularly the install process, I haven't dealt with poetry before, but seems there are other dependencies you may have to install for those systems)
To log current window title the terminal needs access to macOS accessibility API.
This can be enabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility, then add the Terminal to this list. If this is not enabled the watcher can only log current application, and not window title.