tgltrk CLI

Read / write CLI for Toggl Track. Single Rust binary, no runtime dependencies.

cargo install tgltrk

Operating Rules

tgltrk [--json] [--workspace <ID>] <COMMAND> [OPTIONS]

• Authentication: run tgltrk auth login once (interactive token entry), or set the env var TOGGL_API_TOKEN. The env var takes precedence over the stored token.
• Project / client / tag identifiers are numeric IDs. -p / --project takes a PROJECT_ID, not a project name — resolve names with tgltrk projects list first.
• Time inputs (--start, --stop) accept RFC 3339 UTC (e.g. 2026-06-21T09:00:00Z) or local time (YYYY-MM-DD[T]HH:MM[:SS]). Local values are interpreted in the host timezone and fail on DST-ambiguous moments.
• Duration (--duration) accepts h/m/s form (1h30m, 90m, 45s) or a plain seconds integer (5400). Must be positive.
• Workspace: --workspace <ID> overrides the default workspace for project / client / tag mutations and for timer start / entries create. For entries edit / entries delete, it overrides when provided and falls back to the target entry's own workspace otherwise. It is ignored by entries list, timer current, entries continue (always uses the original entry's workspace), and cache.
• Exit codes: success → 0; runtime errors (missing auth, API error, invalid date) → 1 with stderr Error: ...; CLI argument errors (unknown flag, missing required value) → 2 with stderr error: ....
• List-style commands with no data print empty stdout and exit 0.
• --json emits an {meta, data} envelope; plain text is more token-efficient for simple checks.

Quick Reference

Full options for each command are available via tgltrk <command> --help. Detailed semantics and edge cases are described per-command below.

Commands

timer — Running timer

tgltrk timer start                                       # Start an empty timer (no description / project)
tgltrk timer start -d "description"                      # With description only
tgltrk timer start -d "description" -p PROJECT_ID -t tag1,tag2
tgltrk timer stop                                        # Stops the running timer
tgltrk timer current                                     # Shows the running timer

• timer start accepts no arguments — Toggl creates an unassigned running timer; fill in fields later with entries edit.
• -b / --billable is a value-less boolean flag here (presence = true).
• timer stop with no running timer → runtime error (exit 1).
• timer current with no running timer → exit 0, prints No running timer (or data: null with --json); not an error.

entries — Time entries

tgltrk entries list -n 10                                                                    # Recent N entries
tgltrk entries list --since YYYY-MM-DD --until YYYY-MM-DD                                    # Date range
tgltrk entries continue ENTRY_ID                                                             # Start a new timer cloning the entry
tgltrk entries create --start <ISO8601> --stop <ISO8601> -d "description" -p PROJECT_ID      # Past entry
tgltrk entries create --start <ISO8601> --duration "1h30m" -d "description"                  # By duration
tgltrk entries edit ENTRY_ID [-d "..."] [-p PROJECT_ID] [-t tag1,tag2] [-b true|false] [--start ...] [--stop ...] [--duration ...]
tgltrk entries delete ENTRY_ID

• -n is short for --count <N>.
• entries create requires --start plus exactly one of --stop or --duration. Specifying both, --stop ≤ --start, or a non-positive duration is an error.
• entries edit: --stop and --duration are mutually exclusive. -b / --billable requires true or false here (different from timer start / entries create where it is a value-less flag). Only specified fields are updated.
• entries continue clones description, project, tags, task, and billable, and starts in the original entry's workspace; --workspace does not override this.

projects — Projects

tgltrk projects list                                       # Shows client name in brackets
tgltrk projects create "name" [--client CLIENT_ID]
tgltrk projects update ID [--name "..."] [--client CLIENT_ID]

clients — Clients

tgltrk clients list
tgltrk clients get CLIENT_ID
tgltrk clients create "name"
tgltrk clients update CLIENT_ID --name "new name"
tgltrk clients delete CLIENT_ID

tags — Tags

tgltrk tags list
tgltrk tags create "name"

workspaces — Workspaces (read-only)

tgltrk workspaces list
tgltrk workspaces get WORKSPACE_ID

This CLI cannot create or modify workspaces; --workspace only selects which workspace a command targets.

cache — Local cache

tgltrk cache status                                        # Show cache directory, keys, sizes, modification times
tgltrk cache clear

cache commands do not require authentication.

JSON Output

{
  "meta": { "cached": ["projects"] },
  "data": { ... }
}

• meta.cached lists entities returned from the local cache for this call. An empty array means no cache hit (data was fetched from the API), not that everything was cached.
• data is the command result. It is null for delete operations, and also for timer current when no timer is running.

Cache Behavior

• User info, projects, clients, tags, and workspaces are cached locally for 72 hours to reduce API calls and stay within Toggl rate limits.
• Automatically invalidated on relevant entity create / update / delete.
• Cleared entirely on every successful auth login (not only on account switch).
• Manual clear: tgltrk cache clear.

Limitations

• Workspaces are read-only via this CLI (--workspace only selects).
• Reporting endpoints (Summary, Detailed, Weekly) are not supported.
• Bulk operations (e.g. batch delete) are not supported.