Kognita

The Art of Understanding Your Digital Footprint.

Kognita is a silent, local-first desktop activity tracker that helps you understand how you spend time on your computer. It runs from the system tray, keeps your data on your machine, and gives you clear insights without feeling like surveillance.

Features

• Silent background tracking with no terminal window required.
• Smart idle detection so only active time is logged.
• Privacy-first storage in SQLite with a machine-specific AES-256 key when crypto dependencies are available.
• Modern dashboard with reports, charts, and CSV/PDF export.
• Goal management with limits, targets, and app blocking.
• Focus mode with allowed categories and distraction reminders.
• Achievements and digital persona insights to keep things fun.
• English and Turkish interface support.
• System tray integration for quick access to every screen.

Getting Started

For End-Users (recommended)

1. Go to the project's Releases page.
2. Download Kognita.exe from the latest release assets.
3. Run the executable. No Python setup is required.

For Developers

1. Prerequisites: Python 3.10+ and Git.
2. Clone and set up the environment:

   git clone https://github.com/Rtur2003/Kognita.git
   cd Kognita
   python -m venv venv
   .�env\Scripts�ctivate
   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• Run Kognita.exe (users) or python main.py (developers).
• The Kognita icon appears in the Windows system tray and starts tracking automatically.
• Right-click the tray icon to open:
  • Show Dashboard
  • Start Focus Session
  • Reports
  • Manage Goals
  • Manage Categories
  • Achievements
  • Settings
  • Exit

Privacy & Telemetry

• All data stays local in kognita_data.db; when crypto dependencies exist, payloads are also stored with a machine-derived AES-256 key.
• Sentry error reporting is off by default. To enable it, set settings.enable_sentry_reporting to true in config.json and provide SENTRY_DSN (and optional SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE / SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE).
• Logs are written to %APPDATA%\Kognita\logs\kognita.log with rotation plus stdout so you can debug issues without leaving a terminal open.
• Set KOGNITA_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG for verbose troubleshooting output.
• Settings → Hakkinda tab shows the current log path, telemetry state, and config file location.

UI Showcase

Main Dashboard	Reports and Charts
Goal Management	Onboarding

Built With

• Python 3
• Tkinter
• Pystray
• Psutil & Pywin32
• Pynput
• Pillow
• Matplotlib
• ReportLab
• PyCryptodomex
• Plyer
• WMI
• Sentry-SDK

Contributing

• Report bugs or request features via issues.
• Fork the repo, create a branch, commit, push, and open a pull request when ready.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.