Pomodoro Timer
A pomodoro timer with a task list. Twenty-five minutes of focus, five off, a long break every fourth round, and every finished session counted against what you're working on.
Pomodoro #1 · 4 until a long break
Space starts and pauses, whenever nothing else is focused.
What are you working on?A block still runs without one. Add a task and every focus block that runs out counts against it.
Nothing counted yet — a focus block counts when it runs out, not when you skip it.
Lengths
Focus takes 1 to 180 minutes, the breaks up to 60 each, and the long-break count runs from 2 to 12.
When a block ends
All eight are remembered on this device, including the alarm and the notification.
While it runs
Holds the screen on while this is running. Your device still sleeps once you stop.
Tasks
No tasks yet. Add one and every focus block that runs out counts against it.
New task
Running a session
- Press Start, or tap the space bar while nothing else is focused, and work until the beeping.
- Press Start again to silence the alarm and begin the break, which is already loaded and waiting for you. Turn on auto-start under When a block ends and it goes by itself.
- Change the numbers under Lengths when 25/5/15 does not suit you. Focus takes anything from 1 to 180 minutes, the two breaks up to 60 each, and Long break every runs from 2 to 12.
About this tool
Twenty-five minutes on, five off, and a longer one after the fourth round. That is the pomodoro timer as Francesco Cirillo laid it out, and it is what the page opens on: 25, 5, 15, and a long break every 4. Press Start, or just hit the space bar, and the ring begins emptying.
The line under the clock keeps score. During a focus block it reads Pomodoro #3 · 2 until a long break. No counting back through the afternoon to work out where you are. Three tabs across the top jump you straight to Focus, Short break or Long break when the rhythm gets away from you, which it will. When a block runs out, a note under the dial says which pomodoro finished, what it counted toward and which break is loaded next.
Under the dial, type what you are working on into New task, with a guess at how many pomodoros it will take, up to 20. One task is active at a time, and its counter climbs by one whenever a focus block genuinely runs out. Skipping does not count. Your tasks, all eight settings including the alarm and the notification, and the session you are halfway through get saved locally, so a reload puts you back where you were.
Good to know
- Skip from a focus block always lands you on a short break, never the long one, and the session does not count toward your total. It is an escape hatch rather than a fast-forward.
- Reset wipes the completed-session counter along with the clock. If you only meant to restart the block you are in, press the Focus tab instead.
- Everything lives in this browser's local storage. A different machine, a different browser, or a cleared history hands you an empty task list.
- Desktop notifications fire only while the tab is in the background, and only after you tick the box and grant permission. With the tab in front of you, the beep and the ring are the whole alert.
- A muted tab or a silenced laptop stops the alarm reaching you. The tab title carries on counting down, and that becomes the fallback.
Frequently asked questions
Why 25 minutes and not half an hour?
Cirillo's original ran 25 with a 5-minute break, and the number stuck because it is short enough to begin without negotiating with yourself first. The exact figure matters less than keeping to one. The Focus box accepts anything from 1 to 180 minutes, and 50 on with 10 off is the usual alternative.
Does a session survive a reload?
It does. The phase, how far into it you are and the number of finished pomodoros go into local storage, and the clock is stored as the real time it falls due rather than as minutes remaining. Reload mid-session and you land back in the same block with the elapsed minutes already gone.
How do I make it roll into the next block without clicking?
When a block ends has two separate switches, Auto-start breaks and Auto-start focus. Tick both and the cycle runs unattended all afternoon. Tick only the first and breaks begin on their own while each new focus block waits for a deliberate press.
What does the 0/3 next to a task mean?
Completed pomodoros over your estimate. You set the estimate when you add the task, anywhere from 1 to 20, and the left number climbs each time a focus block finishes with that task active. Press a task's name to make it the active one, tick Done when it is finished, drag the grip or open it for Move up and Move down, and the cross deletes.
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