EnoughWork

A desktop app to set a daily screen time limit, track active screen time, and alert when the limit is reached. Built with Tauri + vanilla HTML/CSS/JS.

What it does

Tracks the time your screen is active during the day. When you hit your configured limit, a fullscreen overlay appears with two options — snooze or stop for the day. The app runs in the background via system tray and starts automatically on boot.

Philosophy

EnoughWork isn't meant to lock you down. It's a gentle nudge to help you notice how long you've been at the screen, step away, and spend time on things that matter — rest, movement, family, hobbies. The overlay is easy to dismiss because the goal is awareness, not restriction. Better screen habits lead to better wellbeing.

Features

• Daily screen time tracking — counts seconds while the screen is active, pauses during sleep/hibernate
• Configurable limit — set your daily limit in hours (default: 8h)
• Fullscreen alert overlay — appears when limit is reached, stays on top of everything
• Snooze — dismiss the alert for 30 minutes, reappears when snooze expires (can extend by snoozing again)
• Stop for today — stop tracking entirely until the next day, with a resume option
• System tray — minimizes to tray on close, tray icon with show/quit menu
• Auto-start on boot — launches automatically when Windows starts
• Single instance — prevents duplicate windows, focuses existing one
• Persistent state — saves progress to disk, survives app restarts
• Daily reset — timer resets at configurable time (default: midnight)

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Tech stack

• Tauri (Rust backend + webview frontend)
• Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript (no framework)
• Plugins: autostart, single-instance, store, tray-icon

Getting started

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Build for production

pnpm build

Output binaries will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Project structure

src/
  index.html        # Main window UI
  main.js           # Main window logic + settings
  overlay.html      # Fullscreen limit-reached overlay
  overlay.js        # Overlay logic (snooze/stop)
  styles.css        # Shared styles
src-tauri/src/
  lib.rs            # App setup, tray, plugins, window management
  commands.rs       # Tauri commands + background timer + settings
  main.rs           # Binary entry point