Ongoing task timer

Feature Discussion
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Hi!

I think a counter that counts from the beginning of the task would be a good idea. For example, it would be useful to know how much time passed before I finished and I could set the order of priority in this way, and I could even “start” a task and know how long it took to finish it.

What do you think? :slight_smile:

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through API calls I essentially do this with Kimai. It is essentially a self-hosted version of Clockify. you could do somehting similar to:

  • call timer start
    • update description of task in Vikunja/ set start time
  • call end timer
    • complete task
    • update description of Vikunja Task/ set end time

I haven’t gotten too deep into the API of Kimai yet but i can see the possiblility of something like this, would definitely take some tinkering though. If you’re interested, I can try to build a small how-to topic here for something like that.

Edit: corrected Kimai URL to linuxserver compose (the one I use)

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This is also a good approach, but it could also be done with n8n integration, it’s just an extra application and more error possibilities, so a built-in solution for this would be better.

Something like this:
https://github.com/johannesjo/super-productivity

First, only an automatic counter from the start date, if this is checked in the task setup. Later, it could be further developed into a pauseable task and the daily plan could also be displayed.

It could be a daily planner, in which predetermined tasks could be put and monitored, who completed them, when and how long. How much time I spent on a complete project, such as Example.com web design for a client, 150 tasks.

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I was also going to come back suggest this! I use n8n to text a grocery list to vikunja and home assistant, then when the item is checked in vikunja it deletes from home assistant

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Nice feature, I’ll try it too! I did the same with Monica, because there I can assign tasks to people, which is sometimes useful, such as who said that I have to do that task.

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I use the Gmail integration to text myself via email, send off to vik, from the tasks created on vik they get sent to hass, and a confirmation email (in text format) is sent back to the phone, then I go the extra step and hit gotify(my wife also texts this workflow, so it’s nice to know something was added on the fly) then I have the message delete from my inbox and sent, working on a document for myself, I’ll totally share when completed