Chit

Product Introduction

1. Definition: Chit is a lightweight macOS menu bar application and command-line interface (CLI) utility in the local-first developer productivity, AI coding session analytics, and standup reporting category. It reads Claude Code transcripts already stored on a user’s disk and converts them into a daily receipt. Product URL: https://chit.zopcloud.zop.dev. It is distributed as a 777 KB Mac app with no Hammerspoon, no Python, no account, and no network code in the binary.

2. Core Value Proposition: Chit exists because Claude Code users often cannot remember what they did by 6pm. It turns local Claude Code session history into a project-grouped, paste-ready daily receipt for standups, timesheets, client updates, and task sheets. Primary keywords include Claude Code transcript receipt, daily standup generator, developer timesheet automation, local-first productivity tracker, Mac CLI reporting tool, and AI coding session analytics.

Main Features

1. Local Claude Code Transcript Parsing and Project Grouping: Chit opens the files Claude Code already writes to ~/.claude/projects on the user’s own disk. It is read-only and never writes to ~/.claude. Sessions are bucketed under their repository, busiest first, so the day reads as work rather than chat logs. Agent worktrees fold back into their parent project instead of appearing as separate projects. A full scan of a 2.7 GB transcript folder takes about one second. The binary contains no network code.

2. Paste-Ready Receipts and Markdown Output: One click copies the full day, and another copies a single project. Output is already phrased for a task sheet or standup. A Markdown version is available for tools that render Markdown. The CLI supports chit --today, --date=, --from= --to=, and --markdown, so output can be piped directly into timesheet systems or other reporting tools.

3. Privacy-Preserving Summarization: Lines come from titles Claude Code generates, or from the names of files the user changed where Claude Code has not named a session itself. Prompts never appear. What the user typed is used only to decide whether a session counted as work, and is never stored or shown. A line says audit.js, never /Users/you/clients/…, because Chit shows file names rather than full paths. Whole projects can be hidden from the receipt, which is useful for client, NDA, or job-hunt work.

4. Any-Day and Range Reporting: The free tier provides today’s receipt in full. Chit Pro costs $12 once, not a subscription, and adds every past day, week and month statements, and a dashboard. A key is tied to one Mac and works offline forever. There is no account attached to the key. Users can step back through the week when they need to account for a day they have already forgotten.

5. Ultra-Lightweight macOS Distribution and CLI: Chit is a 777 KB Mac app. Double-clicking it puts today’s receipt on screen, with nothing to install first. It is also a CLI. The menu bar icon or keyboard shortcut ⌥⌃⌘C provides quick access. Installation is available as a zip download or through a terminal one-liner: curl -fsSL https://chit.zopcloud.zop.dev/get.sh | bash. Chit is not notarised yet, so a browser download gets flagged once; the terminal one-liner installs with no warning at all, and the SHA-256 is published.

Problems Solved

1. Pain Point: End-of-day memory loss is the core problem. Developers using Claude Code cannot reliably reconstruct what they worked on from chat logs, git history, notes, or memory alone. Manual standup preparation and timesheet reporting are slow. Existing automation often requires Hammerspoon, Python, or other dependencies. Cloud-based productivity trackers can raise privacy concerns because they may transmit coding activity or prompts. Raw Claude Code sessions are not naturally grouped by repository, and agent worktrees can appear as unfamiliar projects. Prompts may contain sensitive client details, and full file paths can leak user or client identity.

2. Target Audience: Chit targets Claude Code users, software engineers, senior developers, tech leads, indie hackers, freelancers, consultants, agencies, engineering managers, DevOps engineers, platform engineers, open-source maintainers, and privacy-conscious professionals working under NDA. It is especially relevant for anyone who must report daily or weekly activity while using AI coding agents.

3. Use Cases: Daily standup updates, weekly status reports, monthly client billing, timesheet filling, sprint review preparation, personal productivity review, retrospectives, contractor invoicing, hiding client or NDA projects, and piping CLI output into external timesheet systems. It is also useful for accounting for a forgotten day later in the week through Pro’s past-day and range reporting.

Unique Advantages

1. Differentiation: Unlike cloud-based AI coding analytics, screen time trackers, or manual note-taking, Chit is local-only, 777 KB, and contains no network code. It requires no Hammerspoon, no Python, no account, and no separate installation step. Unlike raw Claude Code chat logs, it produces a project-grouped receipt that is paste-ready for standups and timesheets. Unlike generic activity trackers, it uses Claude Code-generated session titles and changed file names while excluding prompt content from the visible receipt.

2. Key Innovation: The key innovation is a local transcript-to-receipt engine that reads Claude Code’s existing ~/.claude/projects files, groups sessions by repository, folds agent worktrees into parent projects, suppresses prompts, shows file names instead of paths, and outputs plain text or Markdown through both a Mac GUI and a CLI. The free tier covers today’s receipt forever, while Pro adds historical, weekly, monthly, and dashboard reporting with an offline key tied to one Mac.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What is Chit? Chit is a 777 KB macOS app and CLI that reads local Claude Code transcripts from ~/.claude/projects and prints a daily receipt grouped by project. It is designed for standups, timesheets, client updates, and task sheets. It has no network code, no account, no Python, and no Hammerspoon.

2. Is Chit private and safe to use with Claude Code? Yes, by design. Chit opens local files only, never writes to ~/.claude, and contains no network code. It does not show prompts; it uses Claude Code-generated titles or changed file names. It shows file names, not full paths. Users can hide whole projects. One limitation: hiding a project’s lines cannot remove a sentence typed about that work inside a different project.

3. How does Chit generate a daily receipt from Claude Code? Chit parses transcripts Claude Code already writes to ~/.claude/projects. It buckets sessions by repository, busiest first, and folds agent worktrees into their parent project. It names lines using Claude Code session titles or the files touched. A full scan of a 2.7 GB transcript folder takes about one second.

4. How much does Chit cost? Today’s receipt is free forever. The free tier includes copying the day or a single project, plain text and Markdown, hiding projects, and the CLI. Chit Pro costs $12 once, not a subscription, and adds every past day, week and month statements, a dashboard, and a key tied to one Mac that works offline forever.

5. How do I install and use Chit on Mac? Download the 777 KB zip from https://chit.zopcloud.zop.dev, unzip it, drag Chit.app to Applications, then right-click Open the first time. Alternatively, install with curl -fsSL https://chit.zopcloud.zop.dev/get.sh | bash. Chit is not notarised yet, so a browser download gets flagged once; the terminal one-liner installs with no warning, and the SHA-256 is published. Access it from the menu bar or press ⌥⌃⌘C.