/pokoy

Lightweight daemon that helps prevent RSI and other computer related stress

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

pokoy

pokoy is lightweight daemon for X that helps prevent RSI and other computer related stress. It locks the screen and forces you to take regular breaks. Pokoy doesn't have any dependencies except xcb and consumes less than 2 mb of memory. See man page for more information.

Building and installation:

$ make
# make install

Examples:

$ pokoy -r # run daemon
$ pokoy
    29:59
	04:59

$ pokoy -s
$ pokoy
    Daemon is sleeping.

$ pokoy -s # wake up
$ pokoy -n # start first break now
$ pokoy -k # kill daemon

Screenshot:

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