Stop Wondering Where Your Team Is: Real-Time Presence Tracking Across All Platforms

Distributed teams lose visibility into who's available, when they're working, and where activity is happening across different platforms. StatsAware solves this by providing real-time presence tracking across all your team's tools and services.

How Real-Time Presence Tracking Works

StatsAware connects to your team's existing platforms through secure OAuth integrations and API connections. The system continuously monitors activity signals to determine presence status without accessing private content.

Multi-Platform Integration

The platform supports presence tracking across:

• GitLab: Commit activity, merge request reviews, issue comments
• GitHub: Repository activity, pull request interactions, code reviews
• Slack: Online status, message activity, channel participation
• Microsoft Teams: Online presence, meeting participation, chat activity
• Google Workspace: Document collaboration, email activity, calendar availability

Activity Detection Methods

StatsAware uses different signals to determine presence:

Active Status: Real-time activity detected within the last 5 minutes Recent Activity: Activity detected within the last 30 minutes Away: No activity detected for over 30 minutes Offline: No activity detected for over 2 hours

Data Processing Pipeline

1. Collection: Integrations poll each platform every 5 minutes for activity signals
2. Processing: Activity events are processed and converted into presence indicators
3. Aggregation: Multiple platform signals are combined into unified presence status
4. Display: Real-time dashboard updates show current team presence across all platforms

Privacy-First Approach

The system tracks presence and timing without monitoring content:

• No Content Access: Only activity timestamps and metadata are collected
• No Keystroke Monitoring: No screen recording or input tracking
• No Private Data: Message content, file contents, and private communications remain private
• User Control: Team members can see exactly what data is tracked

Unassigned People Management

When StatsAware detects activity from unknown users across different platforms, it creates "unassigned people" entries. Administrators can then:

• Merge Multiple Identities: Combine the same person's accounts across GitHub, Slack, and GitLab into one profile
• Create New Team Members: Convert unassigned people into tracked team members
• Assign Existing Members: Link unknown platform accounts to existing team member profiles

This ensures comprehensive tracking while maintaining clean team member lists.

Real-Time Dashboard Features

Team Overview Grid

Calendar-style layout showing each team member's current status, with automatic timezone conversion for global teams.

Activity Timeline

Live feed of team activity across all connected platforms, showing who's working on what and when.

Presence Patterns

Historical view of team presence patterns, helping identify optimal collaboration windows and individual work rhythms.

Platform Status

Individual platform status for each team member, showing which tools they're currently active on.

Technical Implementation

OAuth Security

All platform connections use secure OAuth 2.0 flows, ensuring StatsAware never stores passwords or long-term access credentials.

Rate Limiting

API calls are rate-limited and distributed to respect platform limits while maintaining real-time updates.

Data Retention

Presence data is retained for 90 days for pattern analysis, with older data automatically archived.

Integration Health Monitoring

Continuous monitoring ensures integrations remain connected and functioning, with automatic retry logic for temporary failures.

Use Cases

Daily Standups

Check team presence before scheduling standup meetings to ensure maximum participation.

Urgent Communications

Identify who's currently online for time-sensitive discussions or critical issue resolution.

Cross-Timezone Coordination

See team availability across different timezones for planning collaborative work sessions.

Meeting Scheduling

Find optimal meeting times when key team members are most likely to be available and active.

Workload Distribution

Distribute urgent tasks to team members who are currently online and available.

Getting Started

Real-time presence tracking requires connecting your team's platforms through the StatsAware integration setup:

1. Connect Platforms: Use OAuth to securely connect GitLab, Slack, GitHub, and other tools
2. Configure Team: Add team members and link their platform accounts
3. Set Preferences: Configure timezone settings and notification preferences
4. Monitor Presence: Access real-time team presence data through the dashboard

The system begins tracking presence immediately after integration setup, with historical patterns becoming available within 24-48 hours of initial data collection.

Real-time presence tracking transforms distributed team coordination by providing the visibility that in-person teams take for granted, without compromising privacy or disrupting existing workflows.