Minutes
Sync worklogs between multiple time trackers, invoicing, and bookkeeping software.
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About The Project
Minutes is a CLI tool for synchronizing work logs between multiple time trackers, invoicing, and bookkeeping software to make entrepreneurs' daily work easier. Every source and destination comes with their specific flags. Before using any flags, check the related documentation.
Minutes come with absolutely NO WARRANTY; before and after synchronizing any logs, please ensure you got the expected result.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
Based on the nature of the project, prerequisites depending on what tools you are using. In case you are using Clockify as a time tracker and Tempo as your sync target, you should have an account at Clockify and Jira.
Installation
Using brew
$ brew tap gabor-boros/brew
$ brew install minutesManual install
To install minutes, use one of the release artifacts. If you have go installed, you can build from source as well.
Configuration
minutes has numerous flags and there will be more when other sources or targets are added. Therefore, minutes comes with a config file, that can be placed to the user's home directory or the config directory.
To read more about the config file, please refer to the Documentation
Usage
Below you can find more information about how to use minutes.
Usage:
minutes [flags]
Flags:
--clockify-api-key string set the API key
--clockify-url string set the base URL (default "https://api.clockify.me")
--clockify-workspace string set the workspace ID
--config string config file (default is $HOME/.minutes.yaml)
--date-format string set start and end date format (in Go style) (default "2006-01-02 15:04:05")
--dry-run fetch entries, but do not sync them
--end string set the end date (defaults to now)
--filter-client string filter for client name after fetching
--filter-project string filter for project name after fetching
--force-billed-duration treat every second spent as billed
--harvest-account int set the Account ID
--harvest-api-key string set the API key
-h, --help help for minutes
--round-to-closest-minute round time to closest minute
-s, --source string set the source of the sync [clockify harvest tempo timewarrior toggl]
--source-user string set the source user ID
--start string set the start date (defaults to 00:00:00)
--table-hide-column strings hide table column [summary project client start end]
--table-sort-by strings sort table by column [task summary project client start end billable unbillable] (default [start,project,task,summary])
--tags-as-tasks-regex string regex of the task pattern
-t, --target string set the target of the sync [tempo]
--target-user string set the source user ID
--tempo-password string set the login password
--tempo-url string set the base URL
--tempo-username string set the login user ID
--timewarrior-arguments strings set additional arguments
--timewarrior-client-tag-regex string regex of client tag pattern
--timewarrior-command string set the executable name (default "timew")
--timewarrior-project-tag-regex string regex of project tag pattern
--timewarrior-unbillable-tag string set the unbillable tag (default "unbillable")
--toggl-api-key string set the API key
--toggl-workspace int set the workspace ID
--version show command version
Usage examples
Depending on the config file, the number of flags can change.
Simplest command
# No arguments, no flags, just running the command
$ minutesSet specific date and time
# Set the date and time to fetch entries in the given time frame
$ minutes --start "2021-10-07 00:00:00" --end "2021-10-07 23:59:59"# Specify the start and end date format
$ minutes --date-format "2006-01-02" --start "2021-10-07" --end "2021-10-08"Use tags for tasks
# Specify how a tag should look like to be considered as a task
$ minutes --tags-as-tasks-regex '[A-Z]{2,7}-\d{1,6}'Minute based rounding
# Set the billed and unbilled time separately
# to round to the closest minute (even if it is zero)
$ minutes --round-to-closest-minuteSample config file
# Source config
source = "clockify"
source-user = "<clockify user ID>"
clockify-url = "https://api.clockify.me"
clockify-api-key = "<clockify API token>"
clockify-workspace = "<clockify workspace ID>"
# Target config
target = "tempo"
target-user = "<jira username>"
tempo-url = "https://<org>.atlassian.net"
tempo-username = "<jira username>"
tempo-password = "<jira password>"
# General config
tags-as-tasks-regex = '[A-Z]{2,7}-\d{1,6}'
round-to-closest-minute = true
force-billed-duration = true
table-sort-by = [
"start",
"project",
"task",
"summary",
]
table-hide-column = [
"end"
]
[table-column-truncates]
summary = 40
project = 10
client = 10
# Column Config
[table-column-config.summary]
widthmax = 40Supported tools
| Tool | Use as source | Use as target |
|---|---|---|
| Clockify | yes | upon request |
| Everhour | upon request | upon request |
| FreshBooks | upon request | planned |
| Harvest | yes | upon request |
| QuickBooks | upon request | upon request |
| Tempo | yes | yes |
| Time Doctor | upon request | upon request |
| TimeCamp | upon request | upon request |
| Timewarrior | yes | upon request |
| Toggl Track | yes | upon request |
| Zoho Books | upon request | planned |
See the open issues for a full list of proposed features, tools and known issues.
Unsupported features
The following list of features are not supported at the moment:
- Cost rate sync
- Hourly rate sync
- Estimate sync
- Multiple source and target user support
Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this tool better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue. Don't forget to give the project a star!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b github-username/amazing-feature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'feat(new tool): add my favorite tool as a source) - Push to the Branch (
git push origin github-username/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request