Tack: Syncing Toggl Track Time Tracking with Slack

Features

Automatically set your toggl time entries as Slack status
Start/Stop timers from Slack
Customize how your entries are displayed
Set reminders to turn timetracking on/off
Generate time reports per project
Set custom emoji

Start and stop timers directly from Slack.

/tack start <entry name>

Don't want to leave the comforts of your Slack window? You can now control your toggl track timer without needing to leave Slack ever again.

(This also works in the Slack app on your phone 😉)

Show your teammates what you're doing.

No more questions about what you are doing. Less disturbances. Your colleagues can now see where your head is at and act accordingly.

Not happy with how the status looks? You can make it fit your needs completely. Try /tack template

Get project reports at a glance.

Ever asked yourself how much time went into a project but didn't want to fire up the toggl track website, Login, search for the project,…

Fret no more. Again, without leaving the comforts of your Slack, right under your fingertips: /tack budget <timeframe>

and so much more…

Reminders that you should start tracking? Check. Reminders to stop tracking? Check. List of what you tracked last? Check.

Much more yet to come. Ever dreamed about hooking into a colleague's timer? Or regular budget reports delivered to your Slack? Arriving in your Tack soon.

We're always working on improving Tack further. Keep up with recent developments by reading our blog or following us on Twitter.

Frequently Asked Questions

: Absolutely! Have a look at Slack's page on adding custom emojis.
Note the name you used, then do /tack emoji :the_name_you_used:
Credit for this idea goes to Kurt Trowbridge, one of our earliest beta testers.
: Click the Add To Slack button at the top of this page.
Want to add multiple workspace members? Just tell you co-workers that they should click the Add To Slack button.
If that does not work, shoot us an email to hello@codista.com. We will try our best to help.
: Uh oh! This might happen.
- Slack only allows for status to be 100 characters long. Depending on your client and project names, and your /tack template, we might exhaust this. If you think this is the case, let us know via email to hello@codista.com.
- Tack only sets your status if you do not have one set manually. Please, clear your status. Even if you don’t have one set. You can do so by clicking on your name on the top of the sidebar in Slack, then pushing Clear status.
- Wait a maximum of 2 minutes.
- If that did not help, congratulations, you found a bug! It would be amazing if you could shoot us an email to hello@codista.com. We will try to resolve your issue swiftly. Thanks for joining the wild bug hunt!
: Currently Tack is free.
We don't know yet if this will forever be the case. We simply wanted to release this into the wild and see where the ride takes us. But if we ever charge a fee for using Tack, it won't cost you an arm and a leg. That much we can promise.
: No. But try again.
: Type /tack help into the message bar on the very bottom of your Slack and hit enter.
: Tack utilizes secure connections based on OAuth security to connect Slack. The secure connection to toggl track is established via a, so called, "access token". Both authorizations are encrypted with bank-level security and only ever stored on our servers.
We do not store any of your toggl track data. We only retrieve the required information and then process it, in memory, and hand it over to Slack, as fast as possible.
In more technical terms:
- We use RSA with 4096 bit keys to encrypt any sensitive information.
- Tack enforces TLS 1.3 and strong ciphers to any external service it talks to (Slack, toggl track).
- No logs are stored on the server.
: - Content and info about you & Content and info about your workspace: We use these permissions to be able to know which timezone you are in. This is essential for the tracking reminder /tack reminder_start. We do not store your name, email or any of your colleagues' data.
- Perform actions as you: This is used to be able to set your status.
- Perform actions in channels: So Tack can talk to you at all.
- Perform actions in your workspace: So Tack can live under /tack in your Slack.
: Initially, the name meant Toggl track and Slack fused together. But it turned into so much more.
Also, tack! means "thank you!" in Swedish. So, that's nice.