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ToolGPAMedia kit · October 2026
The company behind
ActivityWatch

Superuser Labs

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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, as pictured on activitywatch.net
Founded
2022
Based in
Sweden
Chief executive
Erik Bjäreholt
Ownership
Privately held

Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Superuser Labs’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Superuser Labs. toolgpa.com

Part 01 · Company

The company

Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it

2022

The year Superuser Labs was founded, in Sweden

In a sentence

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.

In a paragraph

Superuser Labs was founded in 2022 and is based in Sweden. Erik Bjäreholt is its founder and CEO; Johan Bjäreholt is a co-founder. No employees: the work is done by Erik Bjäreholt with AI agents and occasional contractors, and the board is Erik and Johan Bjäreholt.

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Fact sheet

Company
Superuser Labs
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
Website
activitywatch.net
Products we list
ActivityWatch
Ownership: Privately held
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.

Leadership

Part 02 · Funding

The money

Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at

Self-funded

By its own account: no outside investors

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, as pictured on activitywatch.net

What they make

ActivityWatch, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.

ActivityWatch

Free, open-source automatic time tracker that keeps data local

#3 of 43 time tracking appsFree plan

3.0GPA

Our pick for people who want their activity data on their own device. ActivityWatch sits in your system tray and quietly records which app and window you're in, so there's no timer to remember.

  • AValue
  • AFree
  • CFeatures
  • CEase
  • BPlatforms
ActivityWatch: 3.0 GPA on ToolGPA3.0GPAVery goodGraded by ToolGPA

ActivityWatch’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.

Part 04 · News

News and contacts

What they have announced lately, and every official channel

4

Announcements since Sep 29, 2026

Lately

  1. Oct 6, 2026ActivityWatch v0.14.0: faster, steadier, synced, and a new app
  2. Oct 6, 2026A lighter faster ActivityWatch with Tauri: now available for testing
  3. Sep 29, 2026ActivityWatch Research Edition: a variant for your study
  4. Sep 29, 2026ActivityWatch for Android 0.14 is stable: sync, alerts, and a lot fewer crashes

Official channels

Only accounts Superuser Labs’s own site links to. No personal addresses.

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