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Install tock with Homebrew

Powerful time tracking tool for the command-line. Version 1.9.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install tock

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Powerful time tracking tool for the command-line

Commands and aliases

  • tock

history

Project history and usage

Tock is a Go command-line time tracker that stores activity logs in local files and presents an interactive terminal calendar. Its official README frames it as a fast, lightweight, plaintext-first tool for people who track work from the command line.

Project history

The project README describes Tock as a single-binary CLI with multiple storage backends, including flat files, TodoTXT-compatible files, TimeWarrior data files, and SQLite. It also states that Tock was inspired by Bartib and aims to provide a similar time-tracking workflow in Go with a clean architecture approach and an interactive terminal UI.

Adoption history

Tock is available through Homebrew according to both the input metadata and the official README, which also documents go install, source builds, an install script, and release downloads. Its adoption history is therefore mostly package-manager and terminal-user oriented rather than tied to a large external ecosystem.

How it is used

Users start and stop activities with commands such as tock start and tock stop, inspect time in calendar and list views, and export reports as text, CSV, JSON, or iCal. The README also documents machine-readable JSON commands for local agent workflows.

Why package nerds care

Tock matters in the package-nerd niche because it bridges several plaintext productivity camps: TodoTXT-compatible lines, TimeWarrior data, SQLite, shell completion, Homebrew installation, and local files that can be inspected or synchronized without a hosted service.

Timeline

  • 2026: README examples document current commands, JSON output paths, and date examples.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula metadata in the batch input lists Tock as brew:tock.

Related projects

  • Bartib is named by the official README as an inspiration.
  • TodoTXT and TimeWarrior are supported storage formats or backends.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tock. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
tockcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.9.8
manager updated2026-05-18
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.9.8

https://github.com/kriuchkov/tock

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:tock
Version1.9.8
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tock
Homepagehttps://github.com/kriuchkov/tock
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kriuchkov/tock
Upstream docshttps://github.com/kriuchkov/tock#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/kriuchkov/tock/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.8.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-18T07:12:44Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nametock
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • klogShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, time-tracking.
  • timewarriorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking.
  • watsonShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking.
  • lfShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, tui.
  • superfileShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, tui.
  • utimerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment