DEPRECATION ALERT
Head over to the original repo (https://github.com/Splode/pomotroid) as it has feature parity with this one.
Simple and visually-pleasing Pomodoro timer.
Note
This a fork of Splode/Pomotroid. The project has been inactive for over a year so I guess it's safe to assume it's dead. But that's the beauty of FOSS ! It's about passing the baton.
Overview
Pomotroid is a simple and customizable Pomodoro timer. It aims to aid your focus.
Features
- Customizable times and number of rounds with sensible defaults
- Persistent window
- Charming timer alert sounds
- Desktop notifications
- Minimize to tray
- Mini-mode
Roadmap
Future plans for enhancements and development: Check roadmap
Download
Pomotroid is available for Windows 32/64, MacOS and Debian/Ubuntu flavored Linux.
Download the latest version from the releases page.
Technical
Pomotroid is built with Vue.js, Electron, and electron-vue.
Note: depending on your OS settings, you may receive a security warning upon installation. This has to do with Pomotroid being an unsigned application. You can find out more by researching code-signing for Apple and Microsoft.
Build Setup
# install dependencies
npm i
# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
npm run dev
# build Pomotroid for production
npm run build
# Locally:
# Linux: builds for Linux and OS X
# Windows: builds only for Windows
# But you should be using a CI anywayQ & A
Why isn't there any todo feature included?
Context: (original) For the pomodoro technique to be effective, there needs to be a todo list.
I personally am a todo list kinda guy so trust me I'm aware of its importance, however, I've found that having a separate todo app is way better for many reasons, to cite a few:
- Checking a todo on a list makes your brain secrete dopamine,
- You're likely to have more than one list which defeats the purpose: monotasking,
- The app would become bloated as it'll actually become two apps in one: Pomodoro + Todo.
Why isn't there any stats feature included?
I believe that incorporating stats in such an app would be optimizing productivity for productivity's sake and that's missing the point. In my view, the point of being productive is to become as effective/efficient as possible.
What effectiveness/efficiency means depends on the context. For example, in the context of a business, being effective means making money. If you're not making money you're not efficient, period.
Why Vue? Why not React?
TL;DR: Because out of the four options (Angular, React, Vue, Svelte) it's the one I like it the most.
Actually before forking this project, I started developing an app with Angular and while I personally loved the dev experience, I have to admit that it's pretty heavy (but then again, I have a pretty dated laptop), on top of that, the community isn't as big as Vue's or React's. Which left me with either Vue or React, and while React is the most popular of the four, it simply didn't feel right. Svelte, while promising, the ecosystem is still not there yet.
For such a small app, why does it use so much CPU?
In order for it to be cross-platform, the app is developed on electron which trades performance for flexibility.
License
MIT © Karim Daghari