TabMeter: Tab Time Tracker

Track your time, privately. See exactly where your browsing time goes.

TabMeter is a clean, minimal, and privacy-focused Chrome extension that automatically tracks the time you spend on different websites. No accounts, no servers, no fuss.

Screenshots

Dashboard	Privacy & Charts	Daily Limits

Features

• ⏱️ Automatic Tracking: Tracks active time spent per website. Pauses automatically when you switch tabs, minimize the browser, or step away (Idle detection).
• 📊 Beautiful Analytics: View your activity with smooth line charts for trends and stacked bar charts for weekly breakdowns.
• 🎯 Daily Limits: Set daily time limits for distracting sites. TabMeter blocks them when your time is up.
• 🎨 Premium UI: A clean, "MiniMax" inspired design with a white-dominant layout, rounded cards, and warm orange-red gradient accents.
• 🛠️ Side Panel Mode: Optionally run TabMeter in your browser's side panel for continuous visibility.
• ⚙️ Fully Customizable: Adjust your idle timeout, toggle view modes, or export your data as JSON.

Privacy by Design

We believe your browsing habits are your own business.

• 100% Local: All data is stored securely on your device using Chrome's local storage API.
• No Servers: There are no external servers, no databases, and no telemetry.
• No Accounts: You don't need to sign up or log in.
• Hostnames Only: TabMeter only records the root domain (e.g., github.com), never full URLs, search queries, or page content.

Install locally (Dev Mode)

Want to poke around the code or contribute?

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions.
3. Enable Developer mode in the top right.
4. Click Load unpacked and select the tab-time-tracking folder.
5. Pin the extension to your toolbar.

Repository Structure

• manifest.json - Chrome extension manifest (v3)
• background.js - Service worker for activity tracking and timing
• popup.html / popup.js / popup.css - Main UI and logic
• icons/ - Extension icons

License

MIT License