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Install for VS Code

Install Analog WakaTime in Visual Studio Code, sign in, and start tracking coding activity. The whole setup usually takes a few minutes.

Requirements​

  • Visual Studio Code 1.80.0 or newer (Cursor and other VS Code-compatible editors work the same way when the Marketplace extension is available)
  • Network access to Analog WakaTime
  • A browser for the device-flow login

Publisher ID on the Marketplace: pablaofficeals.analog-wakatime

Method 1 — Visual Studio Marketplace (recommended)​

  1. Open the Analog WakaTime Marketplace page.
  2. Click Install.
  3. Confirm that the browser may open Visual Studio Code.
  4. In VS Code, click Install again.
Analog WakaTime page in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace Analog WakaTime installation page in Visual Studio Code

Method 2 — Quick Open (Ctrl+P)​

  1. Open Visual Studio Code.
  2. Press Ctrl+P (macOS: Cmd+P).
  3. Paste:
ext install pablaofficeals.analog-wakatime
  1. Press Enter, select Analog WakaTime, then click Install.
Installing Analog WakaTime through the Visual Studio Code Command Palette

From a terminal you can also run:

code --install-extension pablaofficeals.analog-wakatime

Method 3 — Extensions view​

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+X (macOS: Cmd+Shift+X) to open Extensions.
  2. Search for Analog WakaTime.
  3. Choose the extension published by pablaofficeals.
  4. Click Install.
Visual Studio Code Extensions shortcut Searching for Analog WakaTime in the Extensions view Analog WakaTime extension installation screen

Sign in​

Tracking starts only after the extension is connected to your Analog WakaTime account.

  1. After install, open a local project/file.
  2. If you are not authenticated, a notification asks you to log in — click Login.
  3. Or open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and run Analog WakaTime: Login with Browser.
  4. Copy / confirm the verification code.
  5. Allow VS Code to open the authorization page in your browser.
  6. Sign in with GitHub, Google, or email/password.
  7. Return to VS Code — the session is stored and sync begins automatically.
Analog WakaTime extension output Analog WakaTime login notification Temporary Analog WakaTime authorization code Visual Studio Code confirmation for opening the authorization page Analog WakaTime login page

Manual API token (optional)​

  1. Open your Analog WakaTime profile and copy the API token.
  2. In VS Code run Analog WakaTime: Set API Token, or set analogWakaTime.apiToken in Settings.

Browser login is the preferred path.

Confirm it works​

  1. Edit a local file while the VS Code window is focused.
  2. Check the status bar item for Analog WakaTime (cloud icon when online).
  3. Open your dashboard: analogwakatime.com/dashboard

For commands, settings, and tracking details see Extension reference.

Also using JetBrains?

The same Analog account works with JetBrains IDEs. You can run both clients at once.