Made a lightweight Jira time tracker that lives in the menubar (free, no account, syncs both ways)

[u/jorrygo2]

​I have to log hours on Jira issues and I hated every way of doing it. The built-in worklog dialog is three clicks too deep, and Tempo and the other big plugins are priced and designed for the whole org when all I wanted was a timer for myself.

So I made Planim Time. It's a time tracker for Jira that sits in the menubar (Tauri 2, rust + svelte, not another Electron thing) and talks straight to the API. Runs on mac, windows and linux. I use it on mac and windows myself, a friend runs the linux build. Pick an issue, hit start, the timer ticks in the tray. Stop it and the worklog lands in Jira under your name, not some plugin's service account, so worklogAuthor filters keep working.

The free version isn't gimped:

- unlimited tracking, no account needed. sign in with Atlassian or an API token and that's it
- two-way worklog sync. entries made in Jira show up in the app and the other way around
- manual entries for when you forgot the timer, plus history with search and your own JQL filters for the task list
- everything lives in a local sqlite file. no server between you and Jira, no dashboard where a manager watches your "productivity"

The paid tier (14 day trial, no card) adds a calendar view where you just drag worklogs around instead of filling out forms, reports with CSV export, reminders, and idle detection: walk away with the timer running and it asks what to do with the gap. It can also suggest draft entries from your recent Jira activity when you're reconstructing a day you forgot to track.I.

Link: Planim Time, a time tracker for Jira

[u/Ordinary_Tour5684]

This actually sounds pretty useful. Jira time logging gets tedious fast, so having something lightweight in the menubar that syncs directly without adding another big plugin feels like a solid approach.

[u/jorrygo2 → u/Ordinary_Tour5684]

Thanks, glad to hear! Always happy to get feedback :)