0125:00 / build
Build
Work through a build.
Resolve the sync edge case
Keep debugging, design, and compile work inside a timed session.
Focus timer · macOS + iPhone
Twenty-five minutes,
focus mode
Pomo is a focus timer for Mac and iPhone. Add a note for the task, start the timer, and get back to work.
Free on Mac · iPhone 1.0 in preparation
§ What it does
Small surface. The whole technique.
FileEditView
18:42
01 · Menu bar
Visible in the menu bar
The time remaining sits in your menu bar. Click to start, pause, or skip — never a window in the way.
25 · 5 · 25 · 5 · 25 · 5 · 25 · 15
02 · Cycles
Four sessions, then a real break
Pomo runs the classic rhythm and counts the cycle — short breaks between, a long one to finish — so you don't have to.
Writing the launch post
03 · Intent
Name what you're doing
Add a task before the session starts. It stays visible while the timer is running.
§ Pomo for iPhone · current screens
Pomo for iPhone.
The iPhone app includes task notes, eight timer faces—including one for your own photos—adjustable sessions, and activity history stored on the device.
§ Examples
For focused work.
A few ways to use a timed session during the day.
021 scene / block
Write
Draft without editing.
Finish the opening scene
Give the blank page a beginning and an end before polishing either.
034 blocks / set
Study
Study a chapter.
Review cellular respiration
Alternate deliberate study with real breaks that protect recall.
041 direction / block
Design
Choose a direction.
Choose the onboarding direction
Separate open-ended exploration from the focused pass that ships.
Shell · npm · agents
Same timer, from the terminal.
@arach/pomo drives the installed Mac app over pomo:// URLs, reads live JSON state, and opens a full-screen ANSI panel when you want a keyboard-first view.
$npx @arach/pomo
- →Live ANSI terminal UI with 13 layout templates
- →12 color themes — layout and palette are independent
- →`pomo status --json` for scripts and agents
- →`npx @arach/pomo install` to fetch the latest Mac app
§ The rhythm · one full cycle
25:00
Focus
→
05:00
Break
×4 →
15:00
Long break
→During breaks, step away from the screen completely.
→Use the long break for movement, water, or a snack.
→Finish early? Review your work until the timer ends.
§ Where it comes from
One technique,
since the '80s.
“The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that can be used for any task. The aim is to use time as a valuable ally to accomplish what we want to do the way we want to do it.”
FC
Francesco Cirillo
Creator of the Pomodoro Technique
§ The tally
It keeps score,
quietly.
Every finished session is logged. No dashboards to check, no guilt — just a quiet record of the days you showed up.
Sessions this week23
Time focused9h 35m
Current streak5 days
Last 17 weekslessmore
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Start your first session.
Download Pomo, pick a task, and give the next twenty-five minutes somewhere to go.