NEVER PRESS STARTGet the Mac app You work. It starts.
Touch the keyboard or mouse and the 20-minute timer starts. No app to open, nothing to press.
The Museum of
Unpressed Buttons.
You do your thing, it does its thing.
A Mac pomodoro that starts itself when you start working.
FREE ADMISSION. NO MOTIVATION REQUIRED.
Please do not press the exhibit.
The start button
“I never actually switched on the pomodoro timer I had.”
Sound familiar?Less self-discipline.
More automatic.
It gets in your face.
Time's up: a full-screen break covers every display, even over full-screen apps, until you dismiss it.
Walk away. That counts.
Five idle minutes count as a break. Come back to a fresh 20 minutes.
Build it yourself.
git clone https://github.com/DullyLabs/NeverPressStart
cd NeverPressStart
make
cp -R build/NeverPressStart.app /Applications/Needs macOS 26 and Xcode. Source on GitHub
You have enough
things to remember.
A quiet timer in your menu bar.
A very unquiet reminder to take a break.
For macOS · Open source · No macOS permissions needed