Desktop Tray App (Win + Mac)

Effortr’s tray app is a Tauri build — Rust core, native webview UI, Authenticode-signed on Windows and notarized on macOS. No Electron tax.

In the tray menu

• Start / Stop working — live timer when running
• View activity — today’s timeline, activity %, time per project
• Add or edit time — manual entries with audit trail
• Settings — idle threshold, sync, launch-at-login, monitoring consent
• Show as: tray-only, mini timer, or full window

Local-first behavior

Views read from local SQLite first — instant, offline. Background sync reconciles with the server when online. Conflict policy: server wins for approved entries, local wins for in-progress. The tray timer keeps ticking with no network.

Idle detection

Uses OS-native APIs — GetLastInputInfo on Windows, CGEventSourceSecondsSinceLastEventType on macOS. Configurable threshold (default 5 minutes). No keystroke hooks (which trip AV/EDR).