The Harvest Chrome extension allows you to track time from Google Chrome and within popular project management tools.

Downloading the Chrome extension

1. Open up the Chrome web browser, or download it here.
2. Download the Harvest Chrome Extension.

Using the Harvest Chrome extension

1. Click the Harvest icon in the Chrome toolbar to open a timer dialog.
   • You can also use a shift + alt + H keyboard shortcut to open the extension. 
2. If you’re not signed in to Harvest, you’ll be prompted to sign in.
3. Choose a project and task for your timer.
4. Click Start timer or manually enter time and click Save.

When a timer is running in Harvest, the toolbar icon will be colored orange. You can easily stop a running timer by clicking the orange icon and clicking Stop timer.

In addition to the on-the-fly time tracking provided in the Chrome toolbar, you can also track time right from Basecamp, Trello, and GitHub.