My Doryoku Log
A finance and time-tracking app in SvelteKit 5 + TypeScript that does two things well: categorize and export transactions, and time named tasks, both with round-trip CSV.
My Doryoku Log is a personal tool I built to learn SvelteKit and web development in general. I also just wanted to have a tool to time my own work/tasks/activities for free. It focuses on two features that try to do each of them really well, finance tracking and time keeping. Doryoku (努力) means effort, and I thought it was funny and fitting to put that in the app’s name.
Finance tracking
The app can categorize transactions, edit them inline, export to CSV, and import them back as long as the file matches the app’s format. I added CSV import/export so users could load data from other devices or restore their data.
Time tracking
The app lets users name a task and give it a category before time it. It contains the same editing features, and CSV features. It shows a nice clean record of time spent on tasks.
Multi-platform app
I packaged the app as a desktop app with Electron so it could work on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I used SQLite so the app could store data locally, and I learned that Electron needs to rebuild that module natively, so I needed to create a custom build script for each platform. To fully ship it, I created GitHub workflows to build the app for each platform and publish it to GitHub releases.
Trying the app
You can try the app from the releases page on the GitHub repo. I illustrated an icon for it to be extra fancy.
Why
I’m interested in design and wanted to push my taste and UI/UX design skills to create something I like. The interface has depth, and I wanted to go for an official feel rather than spamming gradients. I built it in SvelteKit 5 with TypeScript since it conveniently handled reactivity, forms, and states better than React given that the app was small.