Have you ever heard of Pomodoro? It’s a great technique to help you keep track of time and stay on task during your studies or work. Read more about it on Wikipedia.
TomatoBar is world's neatest Pomodoro timer for the macOS menu bar. All the essential features are here - configurable work and rest intervals, optional sounds, discreet actionable notifications, global hotkey.
TomatoBar is fully sandboxed with no entitlements (except for the Apple Events entitlement, used to run the Do Not Disturb toggle shortcut).
This fork makes a couple additions/modifications:
- Increases the maximum timer duration to 2 hours/120 minutes
- Adds an option to toggle Do Not Disturb automatically using a shortcut. The first time you start the timer you'll be prompted to add the shortcut, it will work fine afterwards (also PRed to ivoronin#82)
- Adds sound customization: to use, open the sound folder from settings and place audio files named "windup", "ding" or "ticking" in mp3 or m4a/mp4 (aac/alac) format
- Adds a preset selector with 4 presets you can quickly switch between
- Adds a pause button, keyboard shortcut and URL (based on ivoronin#52)
- Adds a skip button, keyboard shortcut and URL which can skip both work and rest (in addition to the existing rest skip notification)
- Adds an "add a minute" button, keyboard shortcut and URL
- Extends "stop after break" with "work" and "set" options
- Adds a "start with break" option
- Adds a "start timer on launch" option
- Makes numbers in the settings editable (based on ivoronin#63)
- Displays current interval on the start/stop button when "Stop after" is disabled
- Turns the volume display into a percentage, adds long tap gesture on the percentage to mute/unmute (in addition to the existing double tap reset)
- Adds an option for a full screen mask (taken from ivoronin#65)
- Doesn't play sounds when volume is set to zero (fixes issues with e.g. multipoint bluetooth headphones)
- Adds comprehensive work statistics with visual graphs (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)
- Increases the minimum macOS version requirement to macOS 14.0 (Sonoma)
TomatoBar tracks your work sessions and provides beautiful visual statistics to help you understand your productivity patterns.
- Visual graphs showing work patterns over time
- Four different time views: Hourly (today), Daily (30 days), Weekly (12 weeks), Monthly (12 months)
- Native macOS charts with smooth animations
- Automatic tracking - no manual input needed
- Access via menu bar (⌘S) or Statistics menu item
- Click the TomatoBar icon in your menu bar
- Press ⌘S or select "Statistics" from the menu
- Use the segmented control to switch between time periods
- View your work patterns and total hours for each period
The statistics are generated from your work session history stored in the log file, so you'll see all your historical data immediately.
TomatoBar now includes a website blocking feature that helps you stay focused during work sessions. When enabled, it blocks access to distracting websites like social media during your Pomodoro work intervals.
- Automatically blocks predefined websites during work sessions
- Unblocks websites during rest periods
- Works system-wide across all browsers
- One-time setup - no repeated password prompts
- Customizable block list
The following websites are blocked by default:
- twitter.com / x.com
- instagram.com
- youtube.com
- reddit.com
- tiktok.com
- facebook.com
- Enable website blocking in TomatoBar settings
- On first use, you'll be prompted to set up password-free blocking
- Enter your admin password once for the initial setup
- TomatoBar can now block/unblock websites automatically without asking for passwords
TomatoBar uses the system's /etc/hosts file to redirect blocked domains to localhost (127.0.0.1), preventing access during work sessions. A helper script with sudoers configuration ensures smooth operation without repeated password prompts.
You can add or remove websites from the block list:
- Open TomatoBar settings
- Click "Manage Blocked Websites"
- Add new sites or remove existing ones
- Changes take effect on the next work session
TomatoBar logs state transitions in JSON format to ~/Library/Application Support/TomatoBar/TomatoBar.log. This data is used by the built-in statistics feature and can also be used to analyze your productivity and enrich other data sources. The logs are stored permanently in Application Support and won't be deleted by system cleanup.
TomatoBar can be controlled using tomatobar:// URLs. To start or stop the timer from the command line, use open tomatobar://startStop. To pause or resume use open tomatobar://pauseResume. To skip use open tomatobar://skip. To add a minute use open tomatobar://addMinute
Touch bar integration and older macOS versions (earlier than Big Sur) are supported by TomatoBar versions prior to 3.0
- Timer sounds are licensed from buddhabeats
- "macos-focus-mode.shortcut" is taken from the macos-focus-mode project under the MIT license.