notepadpp-wakatime

June 29, 2023 · View on GitHub

Metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your programming activity.

Installation

Via Plugins Admin (only if you have installed)

  1. Inside Notepad++ open the Plugins Admin (Plugins → Plugins Admin).

  2. Search for WakaTime and then check the box in the list of plugins.

  3. Click the Install button.

  4. Restart Notepad++.

  5. Enter your api key, then press enter.

  6. Use Notepad++ like you normally do and your time will be tracked for you automatically.

  7. Visit https://wakatime.com to see your logged time.

Manually

  1. Create a directory named WakaTime into Notepad++ plugins folder

    • Usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\ (for 32 bit) and C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\ (for 64 bit)

  2. Download a release version and copy the included WakaTime.dll to the plugins/WakaTime sub-folder at your Notepad++ installation directory.

Compatibility

This plugin requires at least

  • Notepad++ 32-bit or 64-bit
  • Windows
  • .Net Framework 4.8 or above

It's supported on

  • Notepad++ 7.6.3 and above

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Troubleshooting

WakaTime for Notepad++ logs to %appdata%\WakaTime\notepadpp-wakatime.log.

Turn on debug mode (click the WakaTime icon in Notepad++) then check your log file.

WakaTime Core logs to %homepath%\.wakatime\wakatime.log. Check there after looking in your Notepad++ WakaTime log file.

Can't read WakaTime config file

Make sure you %homepath%\.wakatime.cfg is UTF-8 encoded without BOM.

More help can be found at https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime-cli/blob/develop/TROUBLESHOOTING.md.