For developers
A habit tracker for developers that guards your focus
Chat pings, reviews and stand-ups chop the day into pieces, and the evening goes to a side project or one more bug. Streako tracks the few habits that keep you sharp, with check-ins quick enough to do between builds.
The problem
Why habits slip in a tech job
- 1
Chat eats the focus hours
Every notification feels small, and a morning of them leaves no block long enough for hard problems. Without a record, "I had no time to focus" becomes the normal week.
- 2
Hours pass without looking up
Once you are in the code, you stop noticing your neck, your eyes or that you have not stood up since lunch. Breaks only happen when something prompts them.
- 3
Late nights steal tomorrow
A side project, a release or one more episode of debugging pushes bedtime back. The next morning starts tired, and the learning you planned for the weekend never happens.
How Streako helps
Built for developers, not for a perfect week
Duration habits for focus time
Set a target such as 90 minutes and log the time you spent in deep work. Streako does not time you or read your editor; you enter the minutes, and the totals tell the truth.
Schedules for a side project
Every day, chosen weekdays, a number of times per week or month, or every few days. A side project three evenings a week can keep a streak without eating every night.
Insights you can debug
Completion rates, trends, a heatmap and your best and worst habits show which routines survive a sprint and which quietly fail.
Challenges with your team or friends
Share an invite code in a chat channel and up to 100 people can join one habit and one leaderboard. Good for a focus challenge or a step count.
Choosing an app
What to look for in a habit tracker for developers
Developers tend to want low friction and honest data. Here is what matters, and how Streako handles each point.
- Logging that takes seconds
- One tap for a Yes / No habit. A Duration habit takes a couple of taps to log the minutes you worked.
- Schedules that match a work week
- Weekdays only for deep work, three times a week for a side project, every few days for a course.
- Real numbers, not just a streak
- Completion rates over 7, 30 and 90 days, trends, a heatmap and your best day of the week.
- Your data, exportable
- Export everything as JSON or CSV whenever you like.
- Works without a connection
- Check in on a train or a flaky office network. Streako works offline and syncs later.
- No ads, no tracking
- No ads or third-party trackers, and your profile is private by default.
In practice
A dev day with room to think
A sample weekday for someone who writes code for a living. Shift the times to match your stand-up and keep only what helps.
7:30
No phone before coffee
Read the overnight alerts at your desk, not in bed. The first half hour stays yours.
Phone-free mornings: ready-made setup9:00
Deep work before chat
Ninety minutes on the hardest ticket with notifications off, logged as a Duration habit on weekdays. Answer messages after.
Deep work: ready-made setupAfter stand-up
Stretch
Five minutes for your neck, shoulders and back, stacked on a meeting that happens anyway.
Stretch: ready-made setupEvery build
Look away from the screen
While the tests run, look at something far away and rest your eyes. A simple Yes / No habit with a mid-afternoon reminder is enough to make it stick.
19:00
Side project or learning
Thirty minutes of docs, a course or a technical book, three times a week rather than every night.
Read: ready-made setup23:00
Close the laptop
A fixed bedtime with an evening reminder. Tomorrow's debugging will go faster for it.
Sleep on time: ready-made setup
Start here
Good habits for developers
Each one comes with a ready-made setup: type, target, schedule and reminder.
Deep work
Log focused minutes on weekdays and see whether chat is winning.
Read moreStretch
A short daily reset for long hours in one chair.
Read moreSleep on time
A bedtime that holds even in release week.
Read moreDoomscrolling
Keep the feed from filling the gaps between builds.
Read moreRead
Docs, books or papers, a little at a time, so learning keeps pace with the job.
Read moreWalk 10,000 steps
A lunchtime walk is often where the bug finally makes sense.
Read moreTry a challenge
The 30-day monk mode challenge
A stretch of focused, low-distraction days for when you need to ship something that matters. Run it alone or with a few friends on the board.
See the rules and planRead the guide · 6 min
Habit stacking: how it works, with examples
Tie new habits to cues you already have: stretch after stand-up, rest your eyes while the tests run.
Read itWhen Streako isn't the right fit
- You want automatic time tracking from your editor, calendar or Git activity. Streako has no integrations; you log minutes yourself.
- You want a live timer or Pomodoro clock. Duration habits record minutes you enter, not a running timer.
- You need a task or issue tracker. Streako tracks things you repeat, not tickets.
- You use an iPhone. Streako is Android only for now.
FAQ
Streako for developers: common questions
No. Streako does not connect to your editor, Git or calendar. Create a Duration habit and log the minutes you spent, which takes a few seconds and keeps the number honest.
Weekdays only suits most people. Choose specific weekdays and the weekend never counts against your streak.
Schedule it a few times per week instead of every day. Your streak then counts weeks where you hit the target, so a night off is part of the plan.
Yes. Export your habits and check-ins as JSON or CSV at any time.
Yes. Check in without a connection and Streako syncs when you are back online.
Freeze tokens cover missed days, and you can log check-ins up to 7 days back. The aim is to get back to your normal week, not to keep a perfect record.
Also built for
Who else uses Streako
Students
Study streaks, exam season and challenges with classmates.
Read moreWorking professionals
Deep work, a five-minute plan and routines that survive a busy week.
Read moreADHD
One-tap check-ins, instant rewards and streaks that forgive.
Read moreCouples
Build habits together with a challenge for two.
Read moreBeginners
Start with one tiny habit and let a streak do the motivating.
Read moreCreatives
Daily practice for writers, artists and musicians, on a schedule that bends.
Read moreShift workers
Habits that fit a rota, not a nine-to-five: nurses, carers, hospitality and more.
Read moreTeachers
Habits that survive marking season, term rhythm and the Sunday evening dip.
Read moreParents
Tiny habits for fragmented days, a little time for you, and goals shared with your partner.
Read moreGym-goers and runners
Training sessions per week, rest days that keep your streak, and a gym partner on the board.
Read moreStart your first streak today
It takes ten seconds to add a habit. The flame does the rest.