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To use the hosted version set `api_url = https://wakapi.dev/api/heartbeat`. However, we do not guarantee data persistence, so you might potentially lose your data if the service is taken down some day ❕
**As an alternative** to building from source you can also grab a pre-built [release](https://github.com/muety/wakapi/releases). Steps 2, 3 and 5 apply analogously.
**Note:** By default, the application is running in dev mode. However, it is recommended to set `ENV=production` for enhanced performance and security. To still be able to log in when using production mode, you either have to run Wakapi behind a reverse proxy, that enables for HTTPS encryption (see [best practices](#best-practices)) or set `security.insecure_cookies` to `true` in `config.yml`.
By default, SQLite is used as a database. To run Wakapi in Docker with MySQL or Postgres, see [Dockerfile](https://github.com/muety/wakapi/blob/master/Dockerfile) and [config.default.yml](https://github.com/muety/wakapi/blob/master/config.default.yml) for further options.
You can specify configuration options either via a config file (default: `config.yml`, customziable through the `-c` argument) or via environment variables. Here is an overview of all options.
| `security.cookie_max_age` | `WAKAPI_COOKIE_MAX_AGE ` | `172800` | Lifetime of authentication cookies in seconds or `0` to use [Session](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies#Define_the_lifetime_of_a_cookie) cookies |
Wakapi relies on the open-source [WakaTime](https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime) client tools. In order to collect statistics to Wakapi, you need to set them up.
1.**Set up WakaTime** for your specific IDE or editor. Please refer to the respective [plugin guide](https://wakatime.com/plugins)
2. Make your local WakaTime client talk to Wakapi by **editing your local `~/.wakatime.cfg`** file as follows
There is an option to add aliases for project names, editors, operating systems and languages. For instance, if you want to map two projects –`myapp-frontend` and `myapp-backend`– two a common project name –`myapp-web`– in your statistics, you can add project aliases.
If you want to export your Wakapi statistics to Prometheus to view them in a Grafana dashboard or so please refer to an excellent tool called **[wakatime_exporter](https://github.com/MacroPower/wakatime_exporter)**.
It is a standalone webserver that connects to your Wakapi instance and exposes the data as Prometheus metrics. Although originally developed to scrape data from WakaTime, it will mostly for with Wakapi as well, as the APIs are partially compatible.
Simply configure the exporter with `WAKA_SCRAPE_URI` to equal `"https://wakapi.your-server.com/api/compat/wakatime/v1"` and set your API key accordingly.
If you like this project, please consider supporting it 🙂. You can donate either through [buying me a coffee](https://buymeacoff.ee/n1try) or becoming a GitHub sponsor. Every little donation is highly appreciated and boosts the developers' motivation to keep improving Wakapi!
**This is not an alternative to using WakaTime.** It is just a custom, non-commercial, self-hosted application to collect coding statistics using the already existing editor plugins provided by the WakaTime community. It was created for personal use only and with the purpose of keeping the sovereignity of your own data. However, if you like the official product, **please support the authors and buy an official WakaTime subscription!**
