Hakatime is a simple and easy-to-use time tracking tool that works with any text editor or IDE. Here's how you can install Hakatime on your Windows 10 machine.
Before getting started with Hakatime, you will need to have the following installed on your computer:
First, you need to clone the Hakatime repository using Git Bash. To do that, follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/mujx/hakatime.git
This will create a new directory called "hakatime" in your current directory.
Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the "hakatime" directory using Git Bash.
cd hakatime
Then, run the following command to install the dependencies:
npm install
Next, you need to set up the environment variables for Hakatime. To do that, create a new file called ".env" in the root directory of the Hakatime repository.
touch .env
Then, open the ".env" file in a text editor and add the following content:
PORT=3000
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/hakatime
JWT_SECRET=<your_secret_key_here>
Replace <your_secret_key_here> with your own secret key.
To start the server, run the following command:
npm start
This will start the server and you should see the following output:
Server started on port 3000
Finally, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000. This will take you to the Hakatime login page.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and set up Hakatime on your Windows 10 machine!
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