lashmanFeb 21

Made a new thing. ZeroClock - time tracker with invoicing. Runs off a single SQLite file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, nothing phoning home. Nobody else sees your data.

Completely free, not "free tier" free. Portable, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible from the ground up. No VC money, no subscription, no catch.

Whether you freelance or just want to know where your hours go, give it a look.

https://apps.lashman.live/zeroclock/

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #GetFediHired #A11y

ZeroClock - Local-first time tracker for freelancers

Portable, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible time tracker and invoicing for Windows freelancers. No cloud, no account, no telemetry. CC0 public domain.

Show threadhelpsterTeeFeb 21
@lashman looks good! (couldn’t test)

Maybe you could consider adding Flatpak / Flathub support, that would give you access to a lot of Linux users. As all you do is interact with the SQLite you can really restrict the Flatpak, which will make it less scary on the Flathub interface.

Also it’s not a bad idea to add "100% human crafted code" these days, if it applies :D
Show threadlashmanFeb 21
@helpsterTee ohhh, i would LOVE to add linux and even mac versions, but i don't really have anything to compile (or test) those in sadly :( so it'll have to stay windows-only for now :(
Show threadhelpsterTeeFeb 21
@lashman with Linux you could just try on a VM…Apple sucks with their $99 annual dev subscription :/
Or maybe someone else can maintain, but then it’s unofficial.

Nevertheless, congrats on release :)
Show threadlashmanFeb 21

@helpsterTee yeah, that's fair, but vm isn't entirely the same thing, sadly :( especially when it comes to performance. but i will consider it, might have to!

and thank you, appreciate it! :)

Show threadRaptor Feb 21
@lashman @helpsterTee on modern systems aside from GPU (unless you use passthrough) native instructions are basically 1:1 due to processor virtualization extensions, shouldn't see any noticeable slowdown in a vm. I run practically everything in a vm myself (hell, for my job on the industrial side we never do single servers independently anymore, we source bigger vm hosts and a NAS and run all the servers off one host with a file backup to the NAS.
Show threadlashmanFeb 21
@raptor85 @helpsterTee well, in that case i might actually give it a go i suppose, haha
Show threadSass, DavidFeb 22

@lashman there is also WSL, and I think I have seen X11 forwarding from WSL in the past.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

Run Linux GUI apps with WSL

Learn how WSL support running Linux GUI apps.

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial

@sassdawe @lashman I would not recommend that route for this use-case, it's got a ton of sharp edges and you'll spend more time figuring out if there's a bug in X11 forwarding or your app than actually working on your app.

a VM is much cleaner and far better for a development workflow like this.

Feb 24 at 5:28amWeb