Wakapi on Ubuntu 24.04

Azure Developer Tools

Wakapi, a self hosted, WakaTime compatible server that turns your editor heartbeats into per project and per language coding time dashboards.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Wakapi is a self hosted, WakaTime compatible coding activity and statistics server. It receives heartbeats from the standard WakaTime editor plugins for Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Sublime Text and many more, then renders clear dashboards of how much time you spend per project, per language, per editor and per machine. Because it speaks the WakaTime API, your existing editor setup points at your own server by changing a single line of configuration, and your coding history stays entirely on infrastructure you control. It is a single Go binary with an embedded SQLite backend, so it stays lightweight and starts instantly.

It suits individual developers and teams who want private, self owned coding metrics instead of sending their activity to a third party service.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg delivers Wakapi fully installed behind an nginx reverse proxy, so the statistics server answers the moment the instance boots. The image is secure by default: Wakapi binds only to loopback, public registration is switched off so the server is single tenant rather than an open sign up service, and there is no default login. The administrator account, its password and a per machine password salt are generated uniquely on each instance's first boot and are never baked into the image, and everything is backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

  • Keep private, self owned coding time metrics inside your own cloud account
  • Point WakaTime editor plugins at your own server instead of a third party service
  • Track time per project, language and editor across a whole team from one dashboard

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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