A macOS menu bar app that quietly tracks your developer activity — keystrokes, clicks, app usage, screenshots, and system stats — then surfaces it all in a compact popover with sparkline charts.
| Category | Metrics |
|---|---|
| Input | Keystrokes, left/right clicks, scroll distance, mouse travel, copy/paste, undo (Cmd+Z), launcher opens |
| Apps | Active app, time per app, app switches |
| Files | Screenshots (auto-detected via folder watching + pattern matching) |
| System | Window count (current + peak + intraday timeline), dark/light mode time, peak RAM, sleep/wake cycles, late-night activity |
Everything is stored locally in SQLite. Nothing leaves your machine unless you configure remote push.
- Menu bar popover — today's stats at a glance with expandable 7-day sparkline history
- Intraday window chart — window count over time with current and peak indicators
- Achievements — JSON-driven milestones triggered by stat thresholds (e.g. keystroke counts, scroll distance, late-night sessions)
- Apple Intelligence punchline — on macOS 26+, generates a witty one-liner about your day using on-device FoundationModels
- Remote push — optionally send daily summaries to any HTTPS endpoint with Bearer token auth (see tally-endpoint for a ready-to-deploy receiver)
- Privacy-first — counts events only, never records content, keystrokes, or screen captures
- macOS 14+ (Sonoma or later)
- Accessibility permission — required for keyboard and mouse event monitoring via CGEventTap
- Download Tally.dmg from the latest release
- Open the DMG and drag Tally to Applications
- Launch Tally — complete the onboarding wizard and grant Accessibility permission
- Tally moves to the menu bar and starts tracking
- Open
Tally.xcodeprojin Xcode - Build and run (Cmd+R)
- Complete the onboarding wizard (welcome, privacy, accessibility, screenshots, ready)
Tally/
├── App/ # SwiftUI views, menu bar popover, settings
│ ├── Components/ # SparklineChart, StatRow, WindowChart, AppBar, SectionHeader, etc.
│ └── Onboarding/ # 5-step setup wizard (welcome → privacy → accessibility → screenshots → ready)
├── Collectors/ # Data collection: InputCollector (CGEventTap), AppCollector (NSWorkspace),
│ # FileCollector (FSEvents), SystemCollector (sysctl, dark mode, windows)
├── Engine/ # LiveStats (in-memory counters), Database (GRDB/SQLite),
│ # StatsEngine (aggregation), AchievementEngine, PunchlineGenerator
├── Models/ # UserConfig, StatEvent, DailySummary, Achievement, AppFilter, PushFrequency
├── Server/ # RemotePush (payload builder), PushScheduler, KeychainHelper
└── Resources/ # achievements.json
Data flow: Collectors gather raw events → LiveStats holds in-memory counters for instant UI → Database persists to SQLite in 5-minute buckets → StatsEngine compiles daily/weekly aggregates → RemotePush optionally sends summaries to an external endpoint.
- Swift 5, SwiftUI
- GRDB.swift 7.10 (SQLite)
- CGEventTap, FSEvents, NSWorkspace notifications
- FoundationModels (Apple Intelligence, macOS 26+, optional)
All data lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Tally/:
tally.db— SQLite database (5-minute bucket UPSERT)config.json— user preferences and tool selections
The app does not use a sandbox — this is required for CGEventTap to function at the system level.