Amethyst is a local-first Chrome extension that tracks your active browser attention, so you can see which websites actually got your time today. No account. No cloud sync. No telemetry. Your attention data stays on your device.
Add the extension from the Chrome Web Store. It starts tracking active tab time immediately—no setup, no login, no onboarding.
Open Amethyst to see where your active browser time went. Spot the websites that quietly consumed your attention.
Use that insight to adjust your day. The first useful insight usually appears after a normal browsing session.
Product demo
A real analytics dashboard capture: daily activity, totals, average, and period summary so the attention pattern is visible.
Use cases
It is not just a timer. It gives you a pattern to see, a decision to justify, and a routine to correct with evidence.
Remote work
You bounce between Slack, docs, and LinkedIn. By 2pm it feels like you worked all morning, but you cannot explain where the energy went.
Outcome
Amethyst shows the two secondary sites that quietly drained real hours. You stop correcting by feeling and start correcting by domain.
Study
You spend the afternoon across videos, references, and searches, but it is hard to separate real research from elegant distraction.
Outcome
The dashboard makes it obvious how much time went to support material versus the actual task.
Privacy
You want browser habit data, but not another account, another cloud dashboard, or another company storing your behavior.
Outcome
Amethyst gives you a useful answer without sending anything beyond the browser.
You live in browser tabs and want to understand where your online workday actually goes without sending browsing data to another cloud dashboard.
You want honest feedback on where your attention went—not aggressive blocking, not gamification, not another app demanding your focus.
You want browser analytics that stay on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no company profiling your behavior.
Compared to the most popular alternative. Amethyst focuses on total privacy and honest time tracking.
Full privacy
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No account needed
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100% local data
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Active time tracking
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CSV export
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Pro features
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Track your time free. Unlock Pro when you need limits, scheduling, custom categories, and weekly reports.
Everything you need to know where your hours go.
or $4.99/mo · $69.99 one-time
Advanced controls for focus limits, scheduling, custom categories, and weekly reports.
Your data never leaves your browser.
Amethyst does not require an account, does not upload your browsing history, and does not use a backend to analyze your activity. Your data stays in your browser's local storage, on your device.
Direct answers for people deciding whether Amethyst fits.
More questions? Ask a question on Chrome Web Store
A Chrome extension that tracks active browsing attention by website domain and shows the results in a local dashboard.
Browser history shows what you opened. Amethyst measures how long each site actually held your active attention.
No. Everything is stored locally in your browser. No cloud, no sync, no accounts.
Yes. CSV export is included and unlimited in the free tier.
Free to Pro path
Amethyst should prove value before asking for payment: free local clarity first, then limits, schedules, and reports once you know what needs control.
Before
The day ends and you only have a vague feeling that browser hours disappeared.
After
You see domains, trends, and categories. Then you decide which limits deserve Pro schedules and reports.
"History tells you what you opened. Amethyst shows what actually held your attention."
Questions, bugs, or feature requests? Email me directly at [email protected]. I read every message.
Install Amethyst for free and check your first attention breakdown after your next work session.
No signup. No cloud sync. Local-first by design.
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