Pomodoro extension for GNOME Shell

This GNOME Shell extension intends to help manage time according to Pomodoro Technique.

Features

• Countdown timer in the GNOME Shell top panel
• Full screen notifications that can be easily dismissed
• Reminders to nag you about taking a break
• Sets your IM (Empathy) status to busy
• Hides any notifications until the start of break

What is the pomodoro technique?

The Pomodoro Technique is a time and focus management method which improves productivity and quality of work. The name comes from a kitchen timer, which can be used to keep track of time. In short, you are supposed to focus on work for around 25 minutes and then have a well deserved break in which you should relax. This cycle repeats once it reaches 4th break – then you should take a longer break (have a walk or something). It's that simple. It improves your focus, physical health and mental agility depending on how you spend your breaks and how strictly you follow the routine.

You can read more on pomodoro technique here.

This project is not affiliated with, authorized by, sponsored by, or otherwise approved by GNOME Foundation and/or the Pomodoro Technique®. The GNOME logo and GNOME name are registered trademarks or trademarks of GNOME Foundation in the United States or other countries. The Pomodoro Technique® and Pomodoro™ are registered trademarks of Francesco Cirillo.

Installation

Web based (recommended)

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/53/pomodoro/

Archlinux

Get from AUR

Fedora 17 and later

Install using yum:

    $ su -c 'yum install gnome-shell-extension-pomodoro'

Gentoo

Available at Maciej's overlay here. Instructions here.

Direct from source

1. Get zipball

   • for GNOME Shell 3.8
   • for GNOME Shell 3.6
   • for GNOME Shell 3.4
   • Unstable – our master branch

2. Build it and install

    ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
    make zip
    unzip _build/gnome-shell-pomodoro.0.8.zip -d ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
   

   To install it system-wide, you could do

    ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
    sudo make install
   

   …and after a successful installation remove the local extension

    rm -R ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
   

3. Enable the extension using gnome-tweak-tool (Shell Extensions → Pomodoro) or via following commandline:

    gsettings get org.gnome.shell enabled-extensions
    gsettings set org.gnome.shell enabled-extensions [<values from get above>, [email protected]]
   

4. Press Alt + F2, and r in command to restart GNOME Shell

Usage

• Use toggle switch (or Ctrl+Alt+P) to toggle timer on/off
• You can configure behavior of the extension in Options menu

...and there are a couple of options:

• Reset Counts and Timers: Resets your pomodoro session count.
• Away From Desk: Automatically start next pomodoro session after pause. Useful if you're sitting away from computer.
• Control Presence Status: During a pomodoro session, mark your IM presence status to Busy.
• Fullscreen Notifications: After completion of a pomodoro session, show a dialog box (system modal) that will force you to take a break :)
• Sound Notifications: Notify completion of pomodoro by playing a sound.

Settings

We recommend you use the Options menu to configure Pomodoro extension. If you still want to tinker with settings, you can use dconf-editor or gsettings via commandline. Settings for Pomodoro are in /org/gnome/shell/extensions/pomodoro tree.

Change notification sound

You can customize notification sound with:

    gsettings [--schemadir=~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/] set org.gnome.shell.extensions.pomodoro sound-uri "file:///usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/complete.oga"

Change keyboard shortcut

Hotkey to toggle the timer Ctrl+Alt+P may be used in one of your apps (Emacs, Sublime Text, etc.), in which case it will toggle the timer. You can change the shortcut by:

    gsettings [--schemadir=~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas/] set org.gnome.shell.extensions.pomodoro toggle-key "['<Super>p']"

License

GPL3. See COPYING for details.

Thanks

Thanks to our GitHub contributors.

Changelog

Version 0.8

• Support for GNOME Shell 3.8 (thanks @haaja)
• Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks @aleborba)
• Minor bug fixes

Version 0.7

• Support for GNOME Shell 3.4 and 3.6
• Feature: Full screen notifications
• Feature: Reminders
• Chinese translation (thanks @mengzhuo)
• Czech translation (thanks @veverjak)

Version 0.6

• Support for GNOME Shell 3.4
• Breaking change: Dropped support for older gnome-shell versions due to incompatible APIs
• Feature: Support for "Away from desk" mode
• Feature: Ability to change IM presence status based on pomodoro activity
• New translation: Persian (thanks @arashm)
• Fixed issues #38, #39, #41, #42, #45 and more

Version 0.5

• Bunch of cleanups, user interface awesomeness [Issue #37, Patch from @kamilprusko]
• Config options are changed to more meaningful names [above patch]

Version 0.4

• Sound notification at end of a pomodoro break [Issue #26, Patch from @kamilprusko]
• System wide config file support [Patch from @mgrela]
• Support to skip breaks in case of persistent message [Patch from @amanbh]
• Some minor bug fixes, and keybinder3 requirement is now optional