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WhatPulse

How do you actually spend your time on your computer? Track and analyze your productivity

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WhatPulse is a freemium desktop application that tracks keystrokes, mouse clicks, application usage, website domains, uptime and network bandwidth to help users understand their computer habits. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, records activity (not content), and provides dashboards, heatmaps and weekly competitive leagues. A free plan is available; Premium adds per-domain web insights, longer history, CSV exports, per-app heatmaps and unlimited computers.

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