BusyBlock hides the apps and blocks the websites that distract you, for exactly as long as your BUSY Bar timer runs.
Install
- Download BusyBlock-1.0.1.dmg below and drag BusyBlock to Applications.
- Open it. The welcome tour asks for local network access and finds your bar.
- Turn on the browser extension:
- Safari: it ships inside the app. Safari → Settings → Extensions → tick BusyBlock → allow it on every website.
- Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge: until the Chrome Web Store listing is live, unzip BusyBlock-chrome-1.0.1.zip, open
chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder. Chrome will remind you about developer mode on launch; the extension itself stays installed and works.
Needs macOS 13 or newer and a BUSY Bar on the same network or plugged in over USB.
New in 1.0.1
- BusyBlock updates itself now: it checks once a day, shows what changed and installs the new version in one click. There is a switch in Settings.
- The welcome tour links straight to the Chrome and Firefox extension pages.
What it does
- Hides the apps on your list while the timer runs, and lets them back when it stops. Hidden, never quit.
- Blocks the websites on your list. The block page mirrors the bar's own screen, live.
- Finds the bar by itself over USB,
busybar.localand Bonjour. - Follows the bar's phases: work blocks, rest opens up, pause opens everything.
- Shows the countdown the way the bar does, optionally in the menu bar.
- Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
Checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.
BusyBlock is free and open source under GPL-3.0. If it buys you back an hour, buy me a coffee.
BusyBlock is an unofficial project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Flipper Devices. "BUSY Bar" is their trademark.