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Stretchly
The break time reminder app
Stretchly is a cross-platform open source app that reminds you to take breaks when working on your computer.
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Downloads
The latest official installers and portable versions for macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD can be found at Github Releases page.
Following sections link some individual files for a simplicity.
macOS
Download the DMG file.
You can also install Stretchly with Homebrew by running
brew update && brew install --cask stretchly
. When upgrading, run brew update && brew upgrade --cask
. Don't forget to Quit Stretchly, first.Stretchly is not signed (due to its costs) so you will need to use this workaround for the first run: Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer.
If you're using Alfred on macOS you can use this Alfred Workflow to interact with Stretchly.
Windows
Download the installer.
You can also install Stretchly with Chocolatey by running the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
choco install stretchly
. Upgrade with choco upgrade stretchly
.Stretchly is also available in Microsoft's winget.
You can install Stretchly for all users silently by running this as administrator:
installer.exe /S /allusers
.Linux/BSD/Portable
For portable versions and for Linux/BSD installers, head to Github Releases page. The most widely used distributions should be covered.
Linux note
Please see https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/tray/ for Electron's Tray Linux specifics. Having
libappindicator1
installed should be enough for Stretchly.For Natural breaks, you might need some packages too (
libxss-dev
).If Stretchly is not starting, you might need to run
sudo sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1
. Read more here. Depending on your distro, you probably want to do something similar to this, so the settings are kept after reboot: Add kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1
to /etc/sysctl.d/00-local-userns.conf
and reboot.Running from source
To run Stretchly from source you will need Node.js, ideally the one specified in
package.json
. Clone the repo, run npm install
and then simply run npm start
to start Stretchly.Custom installer
You can create a custom installer by running
npm run pack
or npm run dist
after npm install --no-save
.Stretchly is an open-source tool which reminds you to take regular breaks from your computer (Windows, Linux, Mac).
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Like all Electron-based programs, Stretchly is huge (134MB). But you've probably got enough space for it somewhere, and at least it doesn't require installation: you can unzip it and go.
Stretchly is designed to be easy to use, so doesn't open with a bulky scheduling dialog. Instead it adds an icon to your system tray and leaves you to work as normal.
After 10 minutes (by default) the program displays a message with an idea for a 20-second 'microbreak'. This might be a suggestion to focus your eyes on something distant, stand up and stretch your arms, or you might get a thoughtful comment on the value of mindfulness.
After a couple of microbreaks you're prompted to take a longer break, maybe 5 or 10 minutes.
Stretchly does its best to be flexible. Sites like g2a. If you've just taken a 'microbreak' of your own - grabbed a coffee, walked to the printer - you can tell the program to skip to the next microbreak. It'll restart its timer and you won't get an annoying alert 10 seconds after you've sat back down.
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These timings can be reconfigured from a Settings dialog. You're able to set the length of breaks and microbreaks, how frequently they should happen, whether you're forced to have them or they can be skipped, and whether they're enabled at all (you could have breaks only and ignore microbreaks, for instance).
If the program is still annoying, you can pause the break reminders for a period, or close the program and work as usual. (It's just a regular Windows application, there's no background Windows service or anything else to get in your way.)
What's new in 0.21.1 (see changelog for more)?
- Italian translations updated
- break window is shown on all Workspaces in macOS
- Improved readability of English text
- user can set volume for break sounds (set via Settings file or Contributor's settings)
- user can set time after which breaks are paused in Natural Break (set via Settings file or Contributor's settings)
- texts appearing on top of each other in Settings for Chinese
- break window is shown on all Workspaces in macOS
- Improved readability of English text
- user can set volume for break sounds (set via Settings file or Contributor's settings)
- user can set time after which breaks are paused in Natural Break (set via Settings file or Contributor's settings)
- texts appearing on top of each other in Settings for Chinese
Verdict:
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We've seen plenty of similar applications, but Stretchly stands out in several ways. The idea of taking frequent, very short 'microbreaks' makes a lot of sense; it's good to see the program offer different suggestions for each one (not the same old alert screen); and stretchly manages to be very configurable without also being complex. Take a look.