使用 Homebrew Cask 安装 breaktimer

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• BreakTimer

项目历史

BreakTimer was created as an open-source desktop application for scheduling and enforcing periodic computer breaks. It evolved to support configurable intervals, working hours, custom messages, fullscreen or notification-based reminders, and idle-aware Smart Breaks.

Version 2.0 was a major interface and behavior overhaul: breaks gained a less abrupt notification-first flow, time-since-last-break tracking, multiline messages, sound-volume control, and the renamed Smart Breaks feature.

采用历史

BreakTimer is distributed for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its releases include DMG, EXE, AppImage, Debian, RPM, archive, and Snap-oriented options, giving it unusually broad desktop coverage for a break-reminder utility.

The supplied package metadata records a Homebrew Cask named `breaktimer`, making the macOS application installable through Homebrew's graphical-application workflow.

使用方式

Users configure break frequency and duration, working hours, reminder style, messages, sounds, and whether idle time should reset the countdown.

On Linux, `breaktimer disable` and `breaktimer enable` provide basic command-line control. The official README also documents platform-specific log and application-data directories for troubleshooting and reset operations.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

BreakTimer is notable to package users as a GPL-licensed, cross-platform Electron desktop utility with native installers and Linux formats maintained from one public repository.

Its documented Linux command-line controls and predictable per-user application-data directories make it more automation-friendly than many tray-only wellness applications.

时间线

• 1.x: Added richer schedules, timed disabling, dark mode, sounds, and native Apple silicon support.
• 2.0.0: Introduced a redesigned interface and notification-first break flow.
• 2.0.3: Shipped updated break sounds and a macOS icon correction.

Related projects

• Homebrew Cask packages the macOS build as `breaktimer`.
• Electron underpins the cross-platform desktop application.

来源

• Official releases: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/breaktimer-app/releases
• Official repository README: https://github.com/tom-james-watson/breaktimer-app#readme
• Package-manager adoption: source_facts.package-manager