The Pomodoro Timer That Survives You Closing the Tab

Description and use

DeepWork is a local-first Pomodoro timer that stores session data in SQLite, enabling users to close browser tabs without losing progress.

Problem

Focus timers that rely on cloud sync or web sessions lose progress when the browser tab is closed, causing users to lose track of their work sessions.

Outcome

DeepWork preserves focus session data locally, allowing users to close browser tabs without losing progress, and provides a lightweight, offline-first experience.

Workflow

• Open DeepWork web app
• Create a task and start a Pomodoro block
• Close the browser tab or window
• DeepWork continues running in the system tray
• Later, reopen the app to view completed sessions and history

Evidence

DeepWork has no account system. There is no sign in, no profile, no server of its own. Everything it knows lives in a SQLite database on the machine you are sitting at, in the folder your operating system keeps for applications.

Source

When the block ends, the app does not send one polite chime and hope you noticed. It rings, shows a card, and posts a system notification, and then it repeats every interval you chose until you answer.

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Press minimise on any page and it does not vanish into the taskbar. It shrinks into a small always on top widget, 136 by 76 pixels, with the countdown ring, the time, and play, skip, stop and expand.

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