Foreground

We have extensions for Firefox, Edge, and Chrome. Many Chromium browsers can use Chrome extensions, but due to the nature of Foreground's tracking, we need to maintain a whitelist of these browsers. Currently we support:

• Chromium
• Brave
• Vivaldi
• Opera
• Wavebox

You can find the extensions linked further down this page.

If you require support for another browser, please contact support.

Foreground runs on Windows 10 and 11.

You can use Foreground without a licence for 30 days. Foreground will stop tracking after 30 days from its first use, unless you enter a licence key.

Sorry, I can't extend the trial period for you, it's coded into the programme.

By default, no. Everything is stored locally.

If you enable the Exist integration, totals about your time spent each day (e.g. productive time) are synced regularly, but no further information about apps or sites is sent.

Yes! However, please be aware that Foreground is offline-only, and for your privacy, does not sync data from your PC to anywhere else via anyone's servers, including ours. So each version of Foreground you run only tracks its own data for that single PC.

Sort of! As Foreground is offline-only and doesn't sync its data between computers, there's no way to send numbers to Exist that are totals across all your personal computers. So you may connect Foreground to Exist on multiple computers, but any one attribute (for example, productive time) should only sync from one copy of Foreground. Otherwise, your two personal computers are competing to tell Exist a number, and it will all get very confusing.

Foreground will sync every hour, as well as on launch.

First, make sure your browser is one that's in our list of supported extensions. If everything is working correctly, you should see the name of the browser listed under Extensions in the Settings tab.

If you see a browser listed there that doesn't match the name of the browser you're using, your browser may not be supported. Please contact support.

If you're using Vivaldi, make sure it is reporting its user-agent as Vivaldi, not Chrome. Open the Vivaldi Settings window and go to the Network page. Under “User Agent Brand Masking” set the browser brand back to Vivaldi, then restart Vivaldi so our extension can reconnect.

Foreground stores its data in a SQLite file. In your user folder, go to AppData\Local\HelloCode\Foreground\ and find the file data.sqlite. Don't open this database while Foreground is running, as it needs to be the only process writing to the database.

Also, you might want to make a backup of this database first if you want to modify it, just in case.

You can find the AppData\Local\ folder by hitting Windows+R keys and typing %LOCALAPPDATA% into the dialog box, then pressing Enter or clicking OK.

It's in the same folder as your database. In your user folder, go to AppData\Local\HelloCode\Foreground\ and find the file Foreground.log.

You can find the AppData\Local\ folder by hitting Windows+R keys and typing %LOCALAPPDATA% into the dialog box, then pressing Enter or clicking OK.

Maybe! We have a public roadmap where you can suggest and vote for new features. We're committed to prioritising what's popular, so make sure to vote for what you want to see.

Please email us at hello@foreground.computer and describe your issue in as much detail as you can.