I built an open-source Windows app that turns your PC history into visual recaps. PC Recap 1.1 is out
Hey, I’m the developer of PC Recap.
Most computer-usage trackers answer, “How productive was I?” I wanted something that answered, “What did this part of my life on my PC actually look like?”
PC Recap records active application usage and turns it into visual Today, Week, Month, Year, All-Time, Decade, and On This Day recaps.
Version 1.1 is the biggest update so far:
- Day Replay lets you scrub through a recorded day
- Recap Studio creates stories for years, seasons, decades, or custom dates
- Automatic eras detect phases like a gaming era or coding era
- Memory Pins let you attach your own context to a period
- Historical Recovery can find limited pre-installation clues without pretending they are exact usage time
- ActivityWatch and ManicTime sessions can be imported
- Search, comparisons, time formatting, chart tooltips, and app detection are much clearer
- Tracking is more resilient to crashes, restarts, pauses, and closing the window
PC Recap is now open source under GPL v3. Everything is stored locally in SQLite. There is no account, desktop telemetry, cloud activity storage, or external AI API. A new archive starts empty, with no fake statistics.
ActivityWatch is still the stronger choice if you need Linux/macOS support, browser extensions, editor plugins, or an extensible tracking ecosystem. PC Recap is aimed at a different experience: less productivity dashboard, more personal digital time capsule. It can also import ActivityWatch sessions if you want to use both.
PC Recap is currently a Windows 10/11 x64 beta. The installer is unsigned, so Windows may display a SmartScreen warning.
Website: https://pcrecap.online
Source: https://github.com/TheAgencyMGE/pc-recap
Version 1.1: https://github.com/TheAgencyMGE/pc-recap/releases/tag/v1.1.0
I’d especially appreciate feedback on tracking accuracy, the new Day Replay, and whether the recaps become interesting after a few days of real use.
