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Directories

Where things get stored depends on the platform you're using. All paths should follow standard directories on their platforms, and to accomplish this we use appdirs in Python code and the dirs crate in Rust code.

Each ActivityWatch component stores its data in a subdirectory named after itself.

The paths below use aw-server-rust as an example component.

Data

This is where the SQLite database and other persistent data is stored.

  • Windows: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\activitywatch\aw-server-rust
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/activitywatch/aw-server-rust
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/activitywatch/aw-server-rust

Config

Configuration files for each component.

  • Windows: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\activitywatch\aw-server-rust
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/activitywatch/aw-server-rust
  • Linux: ~/.config/activitywatch/aw-server-rust, or the path defined by the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable.

Other components have their own config directories, e.g. aw-watcher-afk, aw-watcher-window.

Logs

  • Windows: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\activitywatch\aw-server-rust\logs
  • macOS: ~/Library/Logs/activitywatch/aw-server-rust
  • Linux: ~/.cache/activitywatch/log/aw-server-rust

Cache

  • Windows: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\activitywatch\aw-server-rust\cache
  • macOS: ~/Library/Caches/activitywatch/aw-server-rust
  • Linux: ~/.cache/activitywatch/aw-server-rust