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FlouState

FlouState

Discover you only debug 1% of your time

Website floustate.com
Overview

What it is

Think you debug 50% of the time? Data shows it's 1%. Automatic work type tracking reveals where your coding time ACTUALLY goes—creating, debugging, refactoring, or exploring. Finally understand your real work patterns.

Intent

I need it when

Export and analyze coding activity data for personal insights or compliance

FlouState allows data export in CSV/JSON formats and maintains unlimited session history on Pro tier, enabling developers to analyze trends over time, share anonymized insights, or maintain records without vendor lock-in.

Track time allocation across multiple projects and code branches for freelance or multi-project work

FlouState offers project and branch-level tracking with leaderboards, file-level analytics, and work type breakdowns per file. Freelancers can see which projects consume the most time and identify bottlenecks in specific codebases without manual logging.

Overcome imposter syndrome and perception bias about coding productivity

FlouState provides objective data showing actual work distribution, helping developers recognize that exploration and refactoring are valuable contributions, not wasted time. The automatic tracking removes guesswork and reveals that most developers are more productive than they feel.

Identify personal productivity patterns and optimize peak focus windows

FlouState provides AI-powered weekly insights, peak productivity detection, language efficiency metrics, and work type trends. Developers can discover when they're most productive (e.g., 'debug most between 9am-12pm') and batch similar work types to maintain flow state and reduce context-switching overhead.

Understand where coding time actually goes beyond generic hour counts

FlouState automatically categorizes coding work into Creating, Debugging, Refactoring, and Exploring—revealing the breakdown of work types rather than just total hours. This helps developers see patterns like '3h creating, 2h exploring, 1h debugging' instead of '7h coded,' enabling data-driven insights into actual productivity.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User works exclusively in IDEs other than VS Code (product currently VS Code-only)
  • User requires team/organization-wide time tracking and billing (product designed for individual developers)
  • User needs manual timer control and wants to avoid automatic background tracking
  • User works in non-coding roles or uses IDEs without VS Code extension support
  • User requires integration with project management tools or time-tracking systems for client billing
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Pricing

Freemium with paid Pro tier. Free plan includes limited features; Pro adds unlimited history, work type breakdown, analytics, and AI insights. View pricing