One place for tasks & goals
Priorities, due dates, and goals live beside your sessions, so planning and execution stay in one app.
Windows & macOS · Local-first
Stay awake.
Stay aware
of your time.
A free, privacy-first productivity app for Windows and macOS. Manage tasks and goals, run timed sessions with analytics, and capture learnings locally, no account. Optional keep-awake for calls, reading, and downloads, labeled separately on your dashboard.
- No account
- Free download
- No cloud upload
- Open source on GitHub
- 100% local data
- Offline after install
- Zero telemetry
What is Awakanize?
A local-first desktop productivity tracker
A free Windows and macOS app combining tasks, goals, session analytics, and app usage with optional keep-awake for away-from-keyboard work. Data stays in local SQLite; nothing uploads to the cloud. Keep-awake Pro (product key) removes the free 30-minute idle cap.
Plan your day, run focused sessions, and see where time went. Active, inactive, and keep-awake minutes stay separate, so you see focused work, breaks, and keep-awake clearly, not one blended score.
Awakanize is not a cloud subscription tracker, employee monitoring suite, browser extension, or mobile app. It is single-user software for tasks, goals, and personal time insight on your computer, without sending activity to a server.
Why Awakanize
Productivity benefits that respect your privacy
For people who want smarter work, real breaks, and an honest record on their own terms.
Clarity from session analytics
Review active and inactive time, per-app usage, and learnings after each session, then adjust tomorrow’s plan with evidence.
Keep-awake for real flow
Optional keep-awake while you are inactive (reading, passive calls, downloads). Free: up to 30 minutes per idle stretch; a Pro key unlocks unlimited keep-awake, labeled separately from active time.
Earn breaks with honest data
When sessions show real focus, breaks feel earned. The dashboard separates rest and keep-awake from deep work for a sustainable day.
How it works
Desktop time tracking in three steps
Install once, tie tasks to timed sessions, and review analytics locally.
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Install on Windows or macOS
Download the installer, launch from the system tray, and grant macOS Accessibility only if you use keep-awake.
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Start a work session
Pick tasks, start a session. Awakanize samples every 15 seconds: foreground apps per minute and separate active, inactive, and keep-awake totals in local SQLite.
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Review app usage & export
Use the dashboard for history, per-app breakdowns, and charts. Export when you need to; everything stays on your device.
Capabilities
Productivity tracker features for real desktop work
Tasks, goals, analytics, and app usage in one lightweight desktop app, with keep-awake and local-first privacy.
Tasks
Priorities, due dates, and effort/ROI tied to sessions, no separate to-do app.
Goals
Link tasks to outcomes; planning and time data stay together.
Learnings
Optional end-of-session notes on what worked and what to improve, grounded in real time data.
Sessions & analytics
Work or personal sessions, history, and exports. Charts trend active, inactive, and keep-awake time.
Activity & time tracking
System-wide input every 15 seconds, categorized as active, inactive, or keep-awake, synced to session metrics.
Per-app usage
Which apps used your time, with foreground usage attributed minute by minute.
Always-active apps
Mark Zoom, Teams, or any foreground app as always active so time counts during passive listening or calls.
Keep-awake
Keeps your PC awake while inactive (reading, calls, downloads). Free: 30 minutes per idle stretch. Pro: unlimited keep-awake and scheduled sleep, labeled apart from active time.
Native Windows & macOS app
Rust and Tauri desktop app: light footprint, system tray, reliable background tracking on Windows and macOS.
Keep-awake Pro
Free app, optional Pro for long keep-awake sessions
The app is free: tasks, goals, analytics, and basic keep-awake included. Need longer away-from-keyboard keep-awake? Add a Keep-awake Pro product key.
What Keep-awake Pro unlocks
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Unlimited keep-awake
Away from the keyboard as long as you need, no 30-minute idle cap.
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Random movement
Natural cursor movement instead of fixed back-and-forth motion.
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Put computer to sleep
Schedule when keep-awake stops and the PC sleeps if you are still inactive.
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Hide keep-awake in status
Keep the header clean while keep-awake runs in the background.
Activate your product key in the app under Settings → Keep Awake → Pro features.
Free keep-awake (included)
While inactive in a session (reading, passive calls, downloads), keep-awake can move the cursor to stay awake. Free plan: up to 30 minutes per idle stretch, then inactive until you use the mouse or keyboard again.
Keep-awake Pro (product key)
One key unlocks Pro: no 30-minute cap, optional scheduled sleep, and finer movement and status controls.
Get a product key
Product key pricing will appear here soon. The desktop app stays free; Pro only adds keep-awake controls. One key per device at a time (remove in the app before switching computers).
Inside the app
Clarity at a glance
Status, session history, and settings built for focus.
Today
Deep work
5h 12m
Yesterday
Client calls
3h 44m
Mon
Planning
2h 08m
Sun
Personal
1h 22m
Enable keep-awake
Start after inactivity
10 min
Movement pattern
Back-forth
Movement distance
Always-active: Zoom
Keep-awake
18:42
Active 62%
Inactive 24%
Keep-awake 14%
Privacy by design
Your data never leaves your machine
Awakanize is local-first privacy by design: no accounts, cloud sync, cloud analytics, or telemetry. Just SQLite you own on Windows or macOS.
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100% local storage, sessions, app usage, and settings live in your app data folder (
%APPDATA%\Awakanize\on Windows,~/Library/Application Support/Awakanize/on macOS) - SQLite on device, your database, your backups, your control
- Zero telemetry, no usage data sent to any server
- No internet required, works fully offline after install
FAQ
Common questions about Awakanize
Privacy, offline use, platforms, and how desktop time tracking works.
Does Awakanize send data to the cloud?
No. Awakanize never sends activity, app usage, sessions, or settings to a server. Everything is stored in local SQLite in your app data folder on Windows or macOS. No cloud sync, analytics beacons, or telemetry.
How is desktop time tracked?
Awakanize samples activity every 15 seconds and records active, inactive, or keep-awake status. Foreground app usage is attributed per minute. Sessions let you review active and inactive time and which apps used your day.
Does Awakanize work offline?
Yes. After install, Awakanize runs fully offline with no internet needed for daily use. Tracking, history, analytics, and exports use local files only. No cloud APIs, sync services, or online account.
Does Awakanize support Windows and macOS?
Yes. Windows 10+ (x64) and macOS 10.15+ on Apple Silicon and Intel. Download the .msi or .dmg from awakanize.com. Same local-first privacy on both.
What is keep-awake mode?
Keep-awake optionally keeps your computer awake while you are inactive in a session, for example while reading, on a passive video call, or waiting on a download. Awakanize labels keep-awake separately from active and inactive time. On the free app, keep-awake runs up to 30 minutes per idle stretch, then stops until you interact. See Keep-awake Pro for unlimited keep-awake and scheduled sleep.
What is Keep-awake Pro?
Keep-awake Pro activates with a product key in Settings → Keep Awake. The free app includes keep-awake for up to 30 minutes per idle stretch while you are away from the keyboard; afterward keep-awake stops and time counts as inactive until you return. Pro adds unlimited keep-awake for long passive work and an optional time to stop keep-awake and put the computer to sleep. Learn more about Pro.
How do tasks and goals help productivity?
Tasks and goals share the app with your sessions, so priorities connect to real desktop time. Set due dates, priorities, and effort on tasks, link them to goals, and capture session learnings when you finish work, without separate to-do and time-tracking apps.
Is Awakanize employee monitoring software?
No. Awakanize is a single-user desktop app for personal productivity on your own computer. No employer dashboard or remote reporting. Session data stays in local SQLite you control. Active, inactive, and keep-awake time appear as separate metrics for a clear daily review.
Is Awakanize free to download?
Yes. Awakanize is free on Windows and macOS: tasks, goals, session analytics, app usage, and basic keep-awake, with no account or subscription. Optional Keep-awake Pro is a one-time product key for unlimited keep-awake and scheduled sleep for longer away-from-keyboard sessions.
Windows SmartScreen or macOS Gatekeeper blocked the installer. Is that expected?
Yes, until builds are signed and notarized. Windows SmartScreen may warn on an unsigned MSI and because keep-awake uses local system input when enabled. Choose More info → Run anyway if you trust awakanize.com. On macOS, right-click the app and choose Open the first time. No administrator rights beyond a normal install.
Get started
Download Awakanize, a free desktop productivity tracker
Install on Windows or macOS, add tasks, and start your first session in minutes.
- No credit card
- No account signup
- Free app, no subscription
- Optional Keep-awake Pro key
- Data stays on your device
macOS first run: Enable Accessibility for Awakanize under System Settings → Privacy & Security if you use keep-awake. Foreground app tracking does not need Accessibility. If Gatekeeper blocks an unsigned build, right-click the app and choose Open.
What’s new in 1.1.0
- **Keep-awake Pro** (product key): unlimited keep-awake, random cursor movement, optional scheduled put-computer-to-sleep, and hide keep-awake in the header status.
- Free keep-awake remains available with a **30-minute cap** per idle stretch until you interact again.
- Pro benefits pitch in Settings and on [awakanize.com/#pro](https://awakanize.com/#pro).
- Keep Awake settings: On/Off hints, Pro feature layout, and theme-colored Pro labels.
- Session status colors (keep-awake, active, inactive) aligned with Appearance and color schemes.
- Dashboard session time breakdown and related UI polish.
Windows
- 1 Download
Awakanize.msi - 2 Run the installer (SmartScreen may warn on unsigned builds)
- 3 Launch from Start menu or the system tray
macOS
- 1 Download
Awakanize.dmg - 2 Open the disk image and drag Awakanize to Applications
- 3 Launch from Applications or the menu bar