# Install tock with Homebrew

Powerful time tracking tool for the command-line. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tock
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tock
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tock
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Source summary:** Powerful time tracking tool for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/kriuchkov/tock>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kriuchkov/tock>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T18:10:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tock (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.4
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/kriuchkov/tock#readme>
- <https://github.com/kriuchkov/tock/blob/master/docs/commands.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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.



## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tock.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tock.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph