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The company behind ActivityWatch

Superuser Labs

ActivityWatch is a free, open-source time tracker developed by Superuser Labs, a small Swedish company owned by its founder, with code from volunteer contributors. The project is paid for by optional subscriptions and donations; the company also earns from consulting and its gptme.ai service.

activitywatch.netRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

ActivityWatch at a glance

Chief executive
Erik Bjäreholt
Founded
2022
Based in
Sweden
Team
No employees: the work is done by Erik Bjäreholt with AI agents and occasional contractors, and the board is Erik and Johan Bjäreholt
Ownership
Privately held

ActivityWatch's CEO and founders

The people Superuser Labs names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

ActivityWatch funding

No venture funding, according to its Subscribe page. ActivityWatch is paid for by optional subscriptions and by donations through Open Collective, GitHub Sponsors, Liberapay, Patreon and cryptocurrency; the company's other income is consulting, grants and gptme.ai. activitywatch.netactivitywatch.netgithub.com

Company details

Ownership
Privately held: its Subscribe page says Superuser Labs is 100% owned by its founder, with no investors and no outside owners. Its company page describes ActivityWatch itself as a community-led project. activitywatch.net
Founded
2022 github.com
Based in
Sweden superuserlabs.org
Team
No employees: the work is done by Erik Bjäreholt with AI agents and occasional contractors, and the board is Erik and Johan Bjäreholt github.com

ActivityWatch on social media and the web

Only accounts Superuser Labs links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

ActivityWatch news and launches

Media kit

The Superuser Labs media kit

Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Superuser Labs.

Questions about ActivityWatch the company

Who is the CEO of ActivityWatch?

Erik Bjäreholt is Superuser Labs's founder and CEO, according to github.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Who founded ActivityWatch?

Erik Bjäreholt and Johan Bjäreholt are named as founders of Superuser Labs, which was founded in 2022.

How much funding has ActivityWatch raised?

No venture funding, according to its Subscribe page. ActivityWatch is paid for by optional subscriptions and by donations through Open Collective, GitHub Sponsors, Liberapay, Patreon and cryptocurrency; the company's other income is consulting, grants and gptme.ai.

What is ActivityWatch's valuation?

No valuation was found in Superuser Labs's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.

Who owns ActivityWatch?

Privately held: its Subscribe page says Superuser Labs is 100% owned by its founder, with no investors and no outside owners. Its company page describes ActivityWatch itself as a community-led project.

Where is ActivityWatch based?

Superuser Labs gives its base as Sweden.

How many people work at ActivityWatch?

No employees: the work is done by Erik Bjäreholt with AI agents and occasional contractors, and the board is Erik and Johan Bjäreholt.

Is ActivityWatch on social media?

Superuser Labs links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Reddit, Discord and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from Superuser Labs's own site.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Superuser Labs’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.

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