Comparison

Inlinr vs WakaTime

We built Inlinr because WakaTime does not answer two questions we needed: how much of this code did an assistant write, and what do I invoice for it. It answers plenty of others very well, and it has been doing so since 2013.

Choose WakaTime if

  • · Your editor is not VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf or Claude Code.
  • · You want to self-host — Wakapi is a real option, we have none.
  • · Ten years of continuous operation matters more than the newer features.

Automatic editor tracking

Both

Both send heartbeats from the editor and compute duration at read time. Same idea, same 15-minute idle rule.

Editors supported

WakaTime

WakaTime has 50+ plugins and a decade of coverage. Inlinr has VS Code and its forks, plus Claude Code. If you live in Emacs or Xcode, this decides it.

Track record

WakaTime

WakaTime has been running since 2013. Inlinr is new. That is a real reason to choose them for something you cannot afford to lose.

AI-tool attribution

Inlinr

Which assistant wrote what, per project — and only when there is evidence of an edit, not because an extension is installed.

Token counts and cost

Inlinr

Input, output and cache components counted separately, because they bill at different rates.

Manual entries

Inlinr

Meetings, calls and reviews alongside coding time. A freelance day is not only the editor.

Hourly rates and invoicing

Inlinr

Time-versioned rates, so raising your rate never rewrites past invoices.

Client share links

Inlinr

A read-only report you choose the contents of, optionally PIN-gated.

Team rollups

Both

Both aggregate across a team. Inlinr bounds each member's contribution to the period they were actually on the team.

Open source

Neither

WakaTime's plugins are open, its server is not. Inlinr's plugins are open, its server is not. Same shape.

Self-hosting

WakaTime

Wakapi is a compatible open-source server you can run yourself. Inlinr has no equivalent and none planned.

Coming from WakaTime

Inlinr imports a WakaTime export, so your history comes with you rather than starting from zero. Nothing has to be switched off on their side first — running both for a couple of weeks is a reasonable way to decide.

Try it on your own repositories

Free for solo use. No card to start.

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