Distant

A tray/menu-bar break reminder for macOS and Windows, Inspired by LookAway.

• Timed eye breaks (default: 60 s every 25 min), with a long break every few breaks
• Heads-up before each break: start now, +1/+5 min, or skip
• Fullscreen break screen on every display, with an animated ghost, messages, background themes and chimes; postpone it by 1 or 5 min
• Blink and posture nudges that never take focus
• The ghost has a mood: tired or sad after skipped breaks, happy after a streak, in the menu bar, heads-up and break screen
• Guided eye exercises led by the ghost: follow it, slow blinks, palming; lock your screen from the break
• Your Report: today's breaks, streaks, a 7-day chart and the hour you skip most
• Fixed-time breaks (lunch, a walk) that wait for calls and skip themselves if you're already away
• Smart pause: time away from the keyboard counts as a break, and breaks wait until you're done with video or calls, including any app using the microphone, on both macOS and Windows, with a toast when they go on hold and resume or fullscreen apps (Windows), or while chosen apps are running
• Pause for 30 min / 1 h / 2 h / until resumed, skip next break, global shortcut ⌘⌥⇧B / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B
• Open at login

Run

npm install
npm start

Build installers

npm run dist

Builds a .dmg on macOS and an NSIS .exe installer on Windows (run it on each OS; npx electron-builder --win also works from a Mac).