BMS Tracker app¶

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What it is for¶

BMS Tracker is a desktop app that tracks working time for your contracts. Invoices and payouts are made from the tracked hours and the rate. You can view your time in the browser — see Tracker in the browser. With the messenger role, Messenger also works in the app: unread messages, notifications, chats and calls.

Who can use it¶

Specialists with a contract in BMS: the tracker counts time only for contracts where you are the producer. You sign in with the same account as in the browser.

Download and install¶

All versions are on downloads.psystems.biz. The “Download” buttons in Tracker in the browser lead there too. The page offers the file for your system: click “Download for …”. Files for other systems are under “Other platforms”.

System requirements: Windows 10/11 x64, macOS 12+ (Intel and Apple Silicon), Ubuntu 24.04 x64.

The builds are not signed with a developer certificate yet, so the system warns you at the first launch. This is expected. The SHA-256 checksum of each file is on the download page.

Windows¶

Run the downloaded installer (…-windows-x64-setup.exe).
If “Windows protected your PC” appears, click “More info”, then “Run anyway”.
Go through the installer steps. By default the tracker is installed only for you, administrator rights are not needed.

If Microsoft Defender deleted the file or reports “Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml”, this is a false positive. Restore the file in “Windows Security” → “Virus & threat protection” → “Protection history” → “Actions” → “Restore” and add the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\BMS Tracker folder to the exclusions. This needs administrator rights on the computer. Step-by-step instructions are on the download page.

macOS¶

Open the .dmg and drag the app to “Applications”.
Launch it. macOS reports that it cannot verify the developer: open “System Settings” → “Privacy & Security” (in macOS 12 — “System Preferences” → “Security & Privacy”) and click “Open Anyway”.
In the same place, allow the tracker “Input Monitoring” and “Screen Recording”.
Restart the tracker. Without these permissions it does not track activity and does not take screenshots. After an update, you may need to grant the permissions again.

Linux (Ubuntu)¶

Open a terminal in the folder with the downloaded file.
Run chmod +x bms-tracker-<version>-production-linux-x64.run and then ./bms-tracker-<version>-production-linux-x64.run. The exact command with the file name is on the download page.

Main scenarios¶

In the “Sign in to BMS Tracker” window, enter your BMS email and password and click “Sign in”. You can also sign in with the “Sign in with Google” button: sign-in continues in the browser, then go back to the tracker.
If two-factor protection is on, enter the 6-digit code from the authenticator app. Phone not at hand — “Sign in with a recovery code”.

Forgot your password — “Forgot password?”: enter the account email, and a reset link arrives there. No account — “Sign up”.

Track time¶

In the main window, choose the “Contract”. Its “Tasks” are below.
If there are no tasks (“You don’t have any tasks yet”), click “Add” and enter the task name.
Choose a task and click “Start”. Tracking has started.
To stop, click “Stop”.

“Time report” shows the tracked time: “Today”, “This Week”, “This Month”.

If you do not use the keyboard and mouse for a long time, the tracker asks “It seems kind of quiet. Are you still working?”: click “Start Working Again” or “I’m on Break”. Your company administrator sets after how many minutes of inactivity the question appears.

Without the internet, the tracker keeps tracking: the data is saved on the computer and goes to the server at the next connection.

How to tell that tracking is on¶

The state is visible at once, by color and label: a green card with a timer and the “Tracking” label — tracking is on, a gray one with the “Tracking stopped” label — it is stopped. The task being tracked has the same highlight. The tracker icon in the tray (in the menu bar on macOS) also shows whether tracking is on.

You can shrink the window to a strip with the timer and the tracking button — “Mini mode”; to go back — “Normal mode”.

Going to the website¶

Click the avatar in the tracker window (“Account menu”). The menu items open in the browser:

“Work diary” — your screenshots and activity for the day;
“Overview” — your time by day and contract;
“My profile” — the My personal account;
“Help” — the BMS Tracker guide.

Messenger in the tracker¶

Available with the messenger role, as in the browser. Without the role, there is no Messenger button and no notifications.

Unread. The number of chats with unread messages is shown on the Messenger button in the tracker window, on the tray icon, in the Dock on macOS and on the Windows taskbar.
Chats. The Messenger button (“Open BMS Messenger”) expands the tracker window: the tracker strip with tracking stays at the top, and Messenger under your account is below it, without signing in again. To go back to the normal window — “Tracker”.
Notifications. The tracker shows system notifications about new messages and calls even when the browser is closed. A call notification has “Answer” and “Decline”; clicking a message notification opens the chat.
Calls. While a call is on, the window is not minimized or closed: on exit the tracker asks “End the call?”. The tray menu shows “Call in progress…” at this time. To share your screen, choose what to show in the “What to share” window. On macOS, allow the tracker access to the microphone and camera at the first call.
Files. A file downloaded from a chat is saved to the “Downloads” folder; the “File saved” notification has “Open” and “Show in folder”.

What the tracker records¶

the start and duration of each work segment and the task;
the number of keystrokes and clicks, mouse movements and scrolling, idle time;
screenshots at the interval your company administrator sets.

You see your time segments and screenshots in Tracker in the browser.

Settings¶

The “Settings” button in the tracker window, the “General”, “Notifications”, “Permissions” and “About” tabs:

the interface language, “Minimize to tray”, “Start on user login”, “Start tracking automatically”, “Show a preview of each screenshot”;
“Desktop notification”, “Sound”, and with the messenger role — “Messenger notification sound” (on this computer only) and “Open the Messenger on an incoming call”: the window expands on a call, you answer it yourself;
on macOS — “Screen Recording and Input Monitoring in macOS”;
the version number, “Check for updates”, “What's new” and “All versions” — all versions and their descriptions on the download page.

Updates¶

The tracker checks for new versions itself. When a new one comes out, “Version … is available” appears with the “What's new” description and the “Download” and “Later” buttons. To check manually — “Check for updates” in “Settings”. The update is installed manually: download the file and install it over the old version, your data is kept. If your version is no longer supported, the tracker warns you and asks you to install a new one from the download page.

Limitations¶

After you quit the app, time is not tracked — the tracker warns you about it.
If there are no active contracts, the tracker shows “No active contracts”: contact your project lead.

Frequently asked questions¶

Messenger notifications come twice — from the browser and from the tracker

This happens when notifications are allowed both in the browser and in the tracker. Keep one source: for example, block notifications from the BMS website in the browser settings.

There is no Messenger button in the tracker

Messenger in the tracker is available only with the messenger role. Contact your company administrator.

Checked against the interface: 2026-11-11, PM-209.