Daily Timer ⏱️

A simple countdown timer for daily standups. Stays on top of other windows so it's visible during screen sharing.

Features

• Always on top - Window stays visible during screen sharing
• Overtime tracking - Timer continues counting into negative time after reaching zero
• Color indicators:
  • 🟢 Green: Normal countdown
  • 🟠 Orange: Warning (15 seconds or less remaining)
  • 🔴 Red: Overtime (time has run out)
• Dark theme - Easy on the eyes

Usage

1. Open DailyTimer.app
2. Click [ Start ] to begin countdown
3. Click [ Restart ] anytime to reset
4. When time runs out, the timer turns red and continues counting negative time

Configuration

Edit timer.py line 12 to change the countdown duration:

COUNTDOWN_SECONDS = 60  # seconds

Building

Requires Python 3 with tkinter.

# Install tkinter (if needed)
brew install python-tk

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install pyinstaller

# Build the app
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "DailyTimer" timer.py

App will be in dist/DailyTimer.app

Running without building

python3 timer.py

macOS Gatekeeper Workaround

If macOS shows "Apple could not verify" warning when opening the app, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/DailyTimer.app

Then open the app again.