pomodoro

pomodoro

Command line pomodoro timer, implemented in Go. This code is a modifed version of the timer at https://github.com/carlmjohnson/pomodoro

Installation

First install Go.

If you just want to install the binary to your current directory and don't care about the source code, run

go install github.com/aringo/pomodoro@latest

Usage

Usage of pomodoro:

pomodoro [options] [finish time]

pomodoro -task="Working on Pomodoro"

Duration defaults to 25 minutes. Finish may be a duration (e.g. "1h2m3s") or a target time (e.g. "1:00pm" or "13:02:03"). Durations may be expressed as integer minutes (e.g. "15") or time with units (e.g. "1m30s" or "90s").

Chimes system bell at the end of the timer, unless -silence is set.

Creates a pomodoro.log file in the users home directory.

Screenshots

$ pomodoro -simple
Start timer for 25m0s.

Countdown: 24:43

$ pomodoro -h
Usage of pomodoro v0.0.0-20220214014922-cc7279d5c368:

    pomodoro [options] [finish time]

Duration defaults to 25 minutes. Finish may be a duration (e.g. "1h2m3s")
or a target time (e.g. "1:00pm" or "13:02:03"). Durations may be expressed
as integer minutes (e.g. "15") or time with units (e.g. "1m30s" or "90s").

Chimes system bell at the end of the timer, unless -silence is set.
  -silence
        Don't ring bell after countdown
  -simple
        Display simple countdown
  -task string
        task to be tracked (default "un-named task")

Recommended helper

Noti can be used to bring up a system alert when pomodoro finishes.