Superuser Labs in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by 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.
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.
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.
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’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
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Superuser Labs’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Superuser Labs, and Superuser Labs’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Superuser Labs’s own, from its website and app-store listings.