A free tool for lifeloggers and researchers to capture computer usage, export it as CSV and get insights. Everything stays on your Mac.
logging
18:11
Open the DMG, drag to Applications, grant the permissions it asks for. Two minutes, no account.
Runs in your menu bar and writes CSV to Documents/LoggerMan.
Open the built-in Reports, or parse the CSV with your own tools.
Each module runs independently and writes its own CSV log. Turn on only what you need.
Captures the active window on a fixed interval, or lets Smart Shooting decide:
Firefox,Lifelog - Wikipedia,2015_06_15_18_11_19_291365027.jpg,1434388279291
Every word you type, stored locally. Password fields are never captured.
Lifelogging,1434388785016
Every move, click, scroll and drag, with coordinates and a timestamp.
228,673,0,1,1431667991740
Any text you copy is captured and saved to its own file.
2015_06_11_17_10_08_362425029.txt,1434039008362
Logs every switch between apps. Lighter than Screenshots, which also records window titles.
Firefox,1433707356865 Google Chrome,1433707359482 Skype,1433709599539
Timestamps every key press. Built for researchers interested in keystroke dynamics.
17,1431138833524 4,1431138833599 34,1431138834228
A small red icon next to the clock. Every module has its own switch, and your data and reports are a click away.
Start or pause each of the six modules individually.
Your logs live in Documents/LoggerMan, one folder per module.
Charts, clouds and heatmaps of your usage, generated locally.
Runs after every reboot. Remove it from startup any time.
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The built-in reporting tool visualises data from the Keyboard, Screenshots and Mouse modules, so enable those to get the most of it. Other modules store CSV files ready to parse.
Keystrokes, clicks and mouse distance over any date range.
Your most used apps, from the Screenshots module.
The words you type, from the Keyboard module.
Where your fingers go, from the Keystrokes module.
LoggerMan is distributed outside the App Store, so macOS asks you to confirm the first launch.
Open LoggerMan.dmg and drag LoggerMan to your Applications folder, then open it from there.
macOS will say it cannot verify the developer. On macOS 14, right-click the icon, choose Open, then press Open in this window:
On macOS 15 or later, click Done, then go to System SettingsPrivacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to LoggerMan.
It appears in the menu bar next to the clock. LoggerMan is running.
Keyboard and mouse logging require Accessibility: System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityAccessibility and turn on LoggerMan:
Screenshots require Screen Recording: System SettingsPrivacy & SecurityScreen & System Audio Recording and turn on LoggerMan. macOS may ask you to quit and reopen LoggerMan for this one to take effect.
How LoggerMan stores what it captures.
Stored only on your machine. Nothing is uploaded.
macOS blocks logging in secure password fields.
Turn any module on or off to suit your needs.
Each with its own CSV file plus extra metadata.
Named 0.txt, 1.txt, 2.txt… 20 MB each.
Lines like 2015-05-09 03:33:30 a.m. mark a new session.
Added to your login items automatically.
Free for lifeloggers and researchers. macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later, Apple silicon or Intel.
@inproceedings{hinbarji2016loggerman,
title = {LoggerMan, a Comprehensive Logging and Visualization Tool to Capture Computer Usage},
author = {Hinbarji, Zaher and Albatal, Rami and O'Connor, Noel and Gurrin, Cathal},
booktitle = {MultiMedia Modeling (MMM 2016)},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
pages = {342--347},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-27674-8_31}
}