Track your work time elegantly and stay focused on what matters

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ChronoTrec Extension

# ChronoTrec: Elegant Time Tracking for Freelancers

ChronoTrec is an elegant Chrome extension designed specifically for freelancers and professionals who need to track their time spent on various projects and tasks. Born from a freelancer's personal need, this extension offers a clean, unobtrusive way to monitor your productivity in real-time.

## Key Features

- **Real-time Time Tracking**: Monitor hours, minutes, and seconds spent on tasks with a sleek, customizable timer
- **Task Counter**: Keep track of completed tasks with an intuitive visual counter
- **Website-Specific Activation**: Choose up to 5 websites where you want the timer to be active
- **Persistent Data**: Timer continues even when the page is refreshed, ensuring you never lose track of your work
- **Multi-tab Support**: Track time separately across different websites and tabs
- **Intelligent Controls**:
- Single click to start/stop the timer
- Single click while running to complete a task and increment the counter
- Double click to reset the timer while preserving task count
- Triple click to reset everything completely
- Long press on task counter to decrease count (for accidental clicks)
- **Visual Notifications**: Receive clear feedback for all timer actions
- **Fully Customizable**: Adjust colors, opacity, and position of both timer and task counter
- **Subdomain Support**: Works automatically on all subdomains of your specified websites
- **Easy Toggle**: Enable or disable the extension with a single click on the extension icon
- **Flexible Positioning**: Drag and drop to position the timer anywhere on your screen
- **Settings Reset**: Restore all settings to their default values with a single click

## Privacy-Focused

ChronoTrec operates completely locally without sending any data externally. Your time tracking data stays on your device, making it perfect for privacy-conscious users.

## Ad-Free Experience

This extension is completely ad-free and will remain that way. It was developed by a freelancer for freelancers, with support available through optional donations via \"Buy Me a Coffee.\"

## Perfect For

- Freelancers tracking billable hours across multiple projects
- Professionals managing their time on various tasks
- Students monitoring study time on different subjects
- Anyone who wants to improve productivity through better time awareness

### 🤝 Contact

For suggestions and feedback:
- Email: [email protected]
- Twitter: @ChronoTrec

### 🤝 Developer's Note

ChronoTrec was designed to optimize the daily workflow of freelancers, carefully developed to meet professional requirements.

This is a purpose-built time management solution - developed by a professional who understands freelancers' daily challenges. No ads, hidden fees, or data collection. Just a reliable tool focused on enhancing your productivity.

If ChronoTrec adds value to your workflow and you'd like to support its development, consider buying me a coffee. Each contribution drives further improvements and optimizations. ☕

[Buy Me a Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thes)
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install ChronoTrec extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install ChronoTrec extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install ChronoTrec extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install ChronoTrec extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download ChronoTrec extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a ChronoTrec extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the ChronoTrec Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the ChronoTrec extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the ChronoTrec extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for ChronoTrec extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the ChronoTrec extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download ChronoTrec extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install ChronoTrec extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the ChronoTrec extension file

Select and download the ChronoTrec extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the ChronoTrec extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your ChronoTrec extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the ChronoTrec extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install ChronoTrec extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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