Fred is a platform-independent time tracking tool. With Fred you can very easily file, view and record efforts (periods of work time), structure them into tasks and projects and exchange them (in multi-user projects) with your project leader.

Those efforts can be filed directly (by specifying the start and end timestamp, a description, etc.) but they can also be recorded as you work. To achieve this Fred comes with a built-in stop watch (call Quick Bar) which is located at one of your screens borders. With this Quick Bar you can easily start a new effort, pause it when you’re doing something else, and continue it when you’re again working on your project.