What this timer is for
Pomodoro alternates focused work with short breaks, and a longer break after a set number of focus sessions. It suits study or work you want to keep at for an hour or more without burning out.
A session is the whole cycle: Focus, Short break, repeated until the Long break. The timer walks you through it phase by phase.
- Focus
- Short break
- Focus
- Short break
- Focus
- Long break
An illustration. The live timer behind this panel keeps running.Starting a session
Press Start once to begin. Each phase plays its cue and starts the next countdown automatically, including the next focus after a long break.
Skip enters the next phase and plays its entry cue. Running sessions keep running. Paused or idle sessions wait for Start. Skipped focus time does not count as completed work.
Pause and resume
Pause holds the current phase where it is; Resume continues from the same moment. Pausing never changes which phase you are in.
Reset and restart
Reset returns the current phase to its full duration and leaves the rest of the session in place — you stay on the same focus number.
Reset session, in the timer settings, starts the whole cycle over from the first focus. Your durations and cycle settings are kept.
Progress
The ring shows the whole session from the first focus to the long break, and the digits count down the current phase. The marks on the ring are phase boundaries.
The colour follows the phase unless you choose a fixed Progress Color in Appearance.
Sounds and voice
Natural Focus completion uses Focus ends; natural Break completion uses Break ends. Skip and Previous use short destination-entry cues from those themes, with a distinct Long Break accent. Cycle complete is reserved for natural completion. Sound & Alerts and Audio controls set volume and mute.
Customization
Focus, short break and long break durations, and how many focus sessions come before a long break, are set in the timer settings. A running session locks them — reset the session to edit.
Appearance sets the progress style, thickness, presence and colour, the clock face and font, and the background.
Focus Mode and fullscreen
Focus Mode quietens the workspace around the timer; Fullscreen gives it the whole screen. Neither pauses or changes the session, and they can be used together.
Keyboard shortcuts
The keys this timer listens for:
Shortcuts work while nothing is being typed and no panel is open.
- Space
- Start, pause or resume
- →
- Skip to the next phase or stage
- ←
- Go back to the previous stage
- R
- Reset
- F
- Toggle Focus Mode
- ?
- Open this guide
Common questions
- Can I change the focus and break durations?
- Yes — open the timer settings and edit each phase's duration and the number of focus sessions before a long break. Reset the session first if one is in progress.
- What happens when a phase ends?
- The phase-change cue plays and the next countdown starts automatically. Pause stops the cycle until you Resume.
- Does the timer keep going if I leave the tab?
- Yes. Time is measured by the clock, not by the tab being visible, so a phase finishes at the right moment even in the background.
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