# Timewarrior review (2026): is it any good?

> Free, open-source time tracking from the command line

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Timewarrior is a command-line time tracker. Intervals are started, stopped and tagged from the terminal, then corrected, summarized and exported with reports and charts. It is free and open source, and it can be linked to Taskwarrior through a hook.

- **Category:** Time Tracking
- **Made by:** Gothenburg Bit Factory
- **Website:** https://timewarrior.net
- **Runs on:** Linux, macOS
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a window to click in, as there is no graphical interface.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Timewarrior is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Free and open source, with no paid plans.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Free and open-source software, installed from distribution packages, Homebrew or built from source. |

Read from https://timewarrior.net/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timewarrior before buying.

## Key features

- **Simple stopwatch:** Start and stop tracking with single commands, or record backdated and already-closed intervals.
- **Tags and annotations:** Label each interval with tags and notes, and change them later with tag, untag and retag commands.
- **Corrections:** Commands to move, lengthen, shorten, split, join, fill and delete intervals, with an undo command.
- **Reports and export:** Day, week, month and summary reports, plus an export command for use in other tools.
- **Extensions:** An extension API lets scripts build custom reports, and a Taskwarrior on-modify hook ties tasks to tracked time.
- **Work week and holidays:** Configuration for a work week, holidays and color themes.

## Good for

- Developers and others who work in a terminal
- People who already use Taskwarrior
- Anyone who wants free, open-source time tracking

## Worth knowing

- It is a command-line tool with no graphical interface.
- The install page lists packages for Linux distributions and macOS only; no Windows package is listed.
- Distribution packages are made by community maintainers, not the project.
- There is no team or syncing feature described on the site.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Timewarrior is a free, open-source command-line stopwatch with tags, reports and export. There is no graphical interface and no Windows package, which will rule it out for most people.

- **Value for money: A.** Free, open source and downloadable, with no paid plans, against a time-tracking middle of $6.67 a month.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright with no paid plans and no caps.
- **Features: C.** Stopwatch, tags, annotations, corrections, reports and extensions; it does that job fully, but a smaller one, with no team or syncing features.
- **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record, and it is a command-line tool you drive by typing commands.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Linux and Mac only, with no Windows package, phone apps or integrations on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Timewarrior's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among time tracking apps

- Timewarrior's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 66 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade, and level with 15.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 91 of 98) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
- Timewarrior has no paid plan.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/time-tracking

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** Timewarrior is free, so making your own would save you nothing. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 66 of the 98 other time tracking apps we grade.

- You could make: Time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A real app for macOS and Linux. Something home-made would be a web page.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Taskwarrior

**Tags:** Time tracking, Open source, Reports

## Alternatives

- [ActivityWatch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/activitywatch): Free, open-source automatic time tracker that keeps data local. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activitywatch-vs-timewarrior)
- [Traggo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/traggo): Self-hosted, tag-based time tracking with dashboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timewarrior-vs-traggo)
- [Kimai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kimai): Open-source time tracking with invoicing, self-hosted or cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kimai-vs-timewarrior)
- [TimeTagger](https://toolgpa.com/tools/timetagger): Open-source time tracker built on tags and a timeline. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/timetagger-vs-timewarrior)
- [solidtime](https://toolgpa.com/tools/solidtime): Open-source time tracker for freelancers and teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/solidtime-vs-timewarrior)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://timewarrior.net/
- https://timewarrior.net/docs/
- https://timewarrior.net/docs/install/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/timewarrior
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