ShiftTrack

ShiftTrack is a lightweight native Windows desktop time tracker for remote workers. It is built with C#, .NET 8, WPF, MVVM, SQLite through Microsoft.Data.Sqlite, and xUnit.

Features

• Start and end a work shift.
• Add tasks for the current shift.
• Start, pause, resume, complete, edit, and delete tasks.
• Supports multiple task timers running at the same time.
• Keeps task duration source-of-truth in timestamped timing sessions.
• Shows shift elapsed time from the original shift start.
• Optional always-on-top window mode with persisted setting.
• Persists the active shift, tasks, timing sessions, and window placement locally.
• Pauses running tasks on application shutdown while keeping the shift open.
• Generates a daily report when the shift ends.
• Copies reports to the clipboard and exports them as CSV.

Local Data

The SQLite database and local log are stored under the current user's local application data folder:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ShiftTrack\

No cloud services, accounts, telemetry, API keys, or subscriptions are used.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• .NET 8 Desktop Runtime to run the application
• .NET SDK to build and test

The executable projects include RollForward=Major so they can run on newer installed .NET runtimes when .NET 8 is not present.

Build

dotnet restore ShiftTrack.sln
dotnet build ShiftTrack.sln --no-restore

Test

dotnet test ShiftTrack.sln --no-restore

Run

dotnet run --project src/ShiftTrack.App/ShiftTrack.App.csproj

Solution Structure

ShiftTrack.sln
src/
  ShiftTrack.App/             WPF views, MVVM view models, dialogs, DI startup
  ShiftTrack.Core/            Domain models, timer rules, reports, CSV export, abstractions
  ShiftTrack.Infrastructure/  SQLite repositories, schema creation, file logging
tests/
  ShiftTrack.Tests/           Deterministic xUnit tests with a fake clock