CORTEX is a high-performance Productivity OS built as a Chrome Extension. It centralizes your browsing workflow by combining smart tab management, a professional multi-note notebook, a secure clipboard vault, and automated deep-work focus tools.
- Topic-Based Organization: Group your notes by topic for easy retrieval.
- IDE-Grade Editor: Features line numbers, plain-text focus, and a ruled-paper aesthetic.
- Live Search: Search across all your notes by topic or content instantly.
- Stats & Utilities: Word counts, character counts, and one-click copy to clipboard.
- Smart Focus: Automatically detects productive patterns and enables site blocking after 5 minutes of work.
- Custom Blocklist: Easily manage which sites distract you.
- Stay Focused Screen: A premium, minimalist blocker that protects your flow.
- Smart Hibernation: Automatically discards inactive tabs after 30 minutes to save RAM.
- Protection Engine: Automatically whitelists your top 5 most important/frequent tabs.
- Countdown Warning: Non-intrusive banners warn you before a tab hibernates.
- Local Persistence: Every text selection you copy is saved to a secure local vault.
- One-Click Re-Copy: Quickly access and re-copy previous clips without digging through history.
- Domain Time Tracking: See a bar chart of exactly where your time goes each day.
- Eye Break Reminders: Automated 20-20-20 rule notifications to protect your vision.
- Reading Time Estimator: See how long it will take to read any article before you start.
- Clone this repository.
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions. - Enable Developer Mode (toggle in the top right).
- Click Load unpacked and select the extension directory.
├── background.js # Core logic (Alarms, Focus, Tab Management)
├── manifest.json # Extension configuration
├── sidepanel/ # Main Productivity UI
│ ├── sidepanel.html
│ ├── sidepanel.js
│ └── sidepanel.css
├── popup/ # Dashboard UI
│ ├── popup.html
│ ├── popup.js
│ └── popup.css
├── content/ # Injected scripts & UI
│ ├── content.js
│ └── content.css
└── icons/ # Assets
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.