Ambient Activity Tracking
No timers. Velance silently monitors every app and browser tab you use, automatically sorting screen time into Productive, Supporting, Unclear, or Distracting categories in real time.
Now in beta · v0.9.0-beta
See how you
actually work.
Not how you think you do.
Velance runs silently in the background, tracking every app and website you touch. It identifies your real peak hours, measures focus fatigue, and coaches you with AI — no manual timers, no subscriptions, ever.
Free & open source · Completely offline · Windows 10 / 11
- Native Windows Desktop
- Local-first & Private
- AI-Powered Coaching
- Works 100% Offline
- No Telemetry. Ever.
Features
Everything you need
Everything you need
to own your focus
Velance combines OS-level tracking, rich analytics, and AI coaching into one lightweight app that just runs.
AI-Powered Focus Coaching
Powered by Gemini AI, personalized coaching cards surface warnings before burnout hits — advising break timing, highlighting fatigue patterns, and predicting focus drop-offs. Works fully offline too.
Rich Analytics Dashboard
Dynamic charts reveal daily focus averages, distraction totals, and session counts. Peak-hours detection automatically identifies when your brain operates at its sharpest — calculated from real behavior.
Focus Sessions & Pomodoro
Structured Pomodoro-style sessions with live UI feedback. Every distraction during a session is logged with a timestamp — so you can see exactly what broke your flow and plan around it.
Tasks & Habit Tracking
Link daily tasks to long-term habits for hierarchical progress tracking. Habit heatmaps visualize streaks and target minutes over weeks — making consistency patterns immediately visible.
Browser Extension Bridge
An optional Chrome and Edge extension gives Velance full context on your browser tabs — beyond just "Chrome is open" to knowing exactly which site or video is pulling your attention away.
How it works
Up and running in
Up and running in
under 2 minutes
No servers to manage. No config wizards. Download, install, and Velance handles the rest.
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Download & Install
Grab the Windows installer. One click — no dependencies, no .NET runtime, no additional setup required.
2
Work as Normal
Velance runs quietly in the system tray. Code, browse, design — just work. Every active window is captured automatically.
3
Get Coached
Review your analytics and receive AI-driven recommendations on when to focus, rest, and how to improve — every single day.
0
Manual timers
required
required
4
Focus classification
pillars
pillars
0%
Data stored
locally first
locally first
1
AI coach always
available offline
available offline
Privacy First
Your data never leaves
Your data never leaves
without your permission.
Built offline-first by design. All activity data stays on your machine in a local SQLite database. The cloud is entirely optional.
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SQLite on your machine Activity data lives in a local database — fast, private, and entirely yours.
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Cloud sync is opt-in Supabase backup is completely optional — you decide if and when it leaves your PC.
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Zero data selling, ever No ad model, no telemetry pipeline. Your habits, patterns, and work life are yours alone.
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AI gets only aggregated metrics The Gemini AI receives scored summaries and trends — never your raw activity log.
App Preview
Built for clarity,
Built for clarity,
not complexity
Every view gives you one clear answer: how well did you focus today?
Focus scores · Peak hours · Session history
Pomodoro timer · Distraction log · Live tracking
Burnout alerts · Break suggestions · Trend analysis
App categories · Time breakdown · Habit heatmaps
FAQ
Common questions,
Common questions,
honest answers
Yes, completely. Velance is free to download and use with no subscription, no freemium gate, and no hidden paywalls. It is open-source and always will be. The only optional cost is if you choose to use your own Gemini API key for AI coaching — which is also free up to generous usage limits.
Yes — Velance is built offline-first. All activity tracking, analytics, and focus sessions work entirely without internet. The AI coaching also has a fully engineered local rule-based fallback that activates when you're offline or haven't configured an API key. The only features that need connectivity are the optional Supabase cloud sync and live AI coaching via Gemini.
Velance tracks the name of the currently active application, the window title, and — with the optional browser extension — the active browser tab URL. It also monitors keyboard and mouse activity to estimate focus intensity and fatigue. It does not record keystrokes, screenshots, audio, or anything you type. Only application-level metadata is captured.
Velance is designed to have near-zero CPU and memory impact. The ambient tracking loop runs at a low polling interval and is optimized to be non-disruptive. Gaming, video rendering, and other intensive workloads are fully compatible. Performance optimization on the tracking loop is an active development priority for the v1.0 release.
All your data is stored in a local SQLite database on your own machine — no external servers involved by default. Cloud backup via Supabase is completely optional and requires your explicit setup. Velance has no telemetry, no analytics pipeline, and no data is ever sold to third parties. Your productivity data is 100% yours.
No. You can use all core features — tracking, analytics, focus sessions, and offline AI coaching — without creating any account. A Google account is only required if you want to enable the optional cloud sync feature to back up your data across devices.
No. Velance includes a built-in local rule-based coaching system that requires no API key and works fully offline. For richer, more personalized advice, you can optionally plug in your own free Gemini API key (available at Google AI Studio). The free tier has generous limits and is more than sufficient for daily use.
Velance requires Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit). No additional runtimes or dependencies are needed — everything is bundled in the installer. macOS and Linux support may be considered for future releases.
Download Velance
Free for Windows · No subscription · Open source
Windows SmartScreen notice: Velance is not yet code-signed with an EV certificate. Windows may show a "Windows protected your PC" warning. Click "More info" → "Run anyway" to install. You can verify the installer checksum on the GitHub releases page.