posix-pomo 🍅

posix-pomo is a simple POSIX-compliant shell script that implements a pomodoro timer for Linux and the BSDs.

GIF made with VHS

example notifications using the dunst notification daemon on Arch Linux (btw)

features

• customizable durations: supports specifying the duration of work and break intervals in hours, minutes, or seconds.
• cli progress bar: displays a progress bar in the terminal showing the remaining time. (built from scratch, no external program/library needed)
• notifications: sends desktop notifications at the end of each session via notify-send.
• sound alerts: plays a sound alert at the end of each session via mpv.

dependencies

• mpv: for playing sound alerts. (will probably look for something more suckless in the future)
• notify-send: for desktop notifications (should be preinstalled on most distros as part of libnotify).
• ensure you have the required sound file (pomo-sound.mp3) and icon file (pomo-tomato.png) located in the ~/.cache/pomo/ directory.
  • the repo has these files but you can also provide your own files if you’d like.

installation

1. ensure you have all dependencies installed
2. download the posix-pomo script from this repository or clone the whole repo.
3. make the script executable:

   chmod +x posix-pomo
   

usage

to start a timer, use the following syntax:

./posix-pomo <mode> <duration>

• <mode>: either work for work sessions or break for break intervals.
• <duration>: the length of the timer, followed by h for hours, m for minutes, or s for seconds (e.g., 25m for 25 minutes).

examples

• start a 25-minute work session:

  ./posix-pomo work 25m
  

• start a 5-minute break:

  ./posix-pomo break 5m
  

links:

• Source Code (GitHub)
• Download as .sh