Install the Windows desktop app

The TimerOS desktop app is the only place your work time is tracked. It has a timer bar that stays on top of other windows and a dashboard window you open when you need it. It is available for Windows today; macOS is planned.

Before you start

You need an account in a TimerOS workspace. If your company doesn’t have a workspace yet, register one first. See Set up your workspace.

Install in four steps

1. 1Create a workspace by registering, or join one through the link in your invite email.
2. 2Download the Windows app and run the installer. Owners and admins find it in the “Get set up” panel on the website dashboard. If you were invited, your invite email has a Download for Windows button. Either way, you get the same installer for the latest version.
3. 3Start the app and sign in. If your workspace requires two-factor authentication, enter your 6-digit code (or a backup code). If you haven’t set up two-factor yet, the first sign-in walks you through it: you scan a QR code and save your backup codes. See Security.
4. 4The login window turns into the timer bar. On your first sign-in, finish the short onboarding wizard in the dashboard; after that, tracking starts automatically.

You never need to download the installer again. When a new version is released, the dashboard sidebar shows an update banner with the changelog, and you update with one click.

Two windows

The desktop app runs in two windows:

• The timer bar: a small bar at the top of your screen that stays above other windows and comes back to the front if anything covers it. It shows your activity state, elapsed time and the Break / Dashboard / Collapse / Logout buttons. You can drag it anywhere or collapse it to a small pill.
• The dashboard window: you open it from the timer bar. This is the full app with a sidebar (performance, projects, settings and more). All settings are here; the timer bar has none.

Your sign-in, timer state, theme, language and tracking mode stay in sync between the two windows.