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Guide

What is a Pomodoro Timer?

A pomodoro timer breaks work into short, focused sprints separated by real breaks. This one gives you three modes — pomodoro, short break, and long break — a live progress ring, custom themes, and alarms, so the technique fits into a tab you already keep open.

The method

What is the Pomodoro Technique?

Developed in the late 1980s by Francesco Cirillo, the technique names its unit of work after a tomato-shaped kitchen timer: 25 minutes of focused effort — one "pomodoro" — followed by a 5-minute break.

Every four pomodoros, you take a longer 15-minute break instead, then the cycle starts again. The rhythm is what matters, not the exact minute count — this timer lets you tune all three lengths and the interval to fit your own attention span.

Learn more about the pomodoro technique.

4pomodoros
25 min focus5 min break15 min long break
Get started

How to use the Pomodoro Timer

01
Pick a mode
Tap pomodoro, short break, or long break at the top, or jump between them anytime with Alt+P, Alt+S, Alt+L.
02
Press start
Hit the start button or tap Space — the ring begins draining in your theme's accent color as the countdown runs.
03
Work until it rings
Stay on the task until the alarm sounds. The tab title and favicon count down live, so you can check progress without switching back.
04
Let it hand off the break
When a pomodoro ends, the session dots fill in and the timer offers the next break automatically — turn on auto-start in settings to skip the tap entirely.
05
Tune it in settings
Open the gear icon to adjust durations, auto-start behaviour, the long-break interval, alarm sound and volume, and your color theme.
Under the hood

What are its features?

Three focused modes
Pomodoro, short break, and long break each get their own color, background, and timer length — switch anytime with a tap or Alt+P / Alt+S / Alt+L.
Auto-start chaining
Turn on auto-start and the timer flows straight from work into break and back again, so you never lose momentum re-clicking start.
Custom alarms
Pick from four sounds, preview each one, then set the volume and how many times it repeats when a session ends.
Eight color themes
Ember, Ocean, Forest, Candy, Slate, Rose, Sand, Aurora — every theme recolors the ring, background, and accents together.
Session dots
A row of dots above the ring fills in as you complete pomodoros, so you can see at a glance how close you are to a long break.
Favicon + tab title
The browser tab shows a live countdown and a tomato icon when idle, so you can track a session from any other tab.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions