PulseBreak-v0.4.0

This is the first public release of PulseBreak!

PulseBreak is a smart wellness and productivity companion for your desktop. It monitors the "work apps" you've chosen and provides customizable, context-aware reminders to help you stay healthy, focused, and positive throughout your workday.

It's built to be lightweight, themeable, and adapt to your workflow, not get in your way.

✨ What's in v0.4.0

Floating Bubble UI: A minimal, draggable bubble provides quick access to all your modes.

Smart "Away From Work" (AFW) Detection: Reminders intelligently pause when you're not using your designated "work apps" and resume when you're back.

Customizable Modes: Create different profiles for your work. The default "Intense Focus" mode uses subtle audio-only alerts, while "At Work" uses full-screen popups.

Full Theme Engine: Customize the app's entire look and feel. This release includes 7 themes to choose from, including "Obsidian" (our dark/orange default), "Graphite," "Zen Garden," and more.

Popup & Audio Reminders: Get 80% screen-covering popups (with a timer bar) that queue up so you never miss one, or get subtle Text-to-Speech (TTS) reminders that speak to you.

GUI App Labeller: No more editing JSON files. The "Work Apps" page in Settings now lets you scan your running applications and add new "work apps" with a single click.

Add/Delete Modes: You can now create new modes or delete old ones directly from the settings panel.

Auto-Save: All settings (general, modes, affirmations) save automatically the moment you change them.

Update Checker: The "Update" page now links directly to this GitHub Releases page to find new versions.

⚙️ How to Install

Download the PulseBreak_v0.4.0.zip file from the "Assets" section below.

Unzip the folder to a temporary location (like your Desktop or Downloads).

Open the unzipped folder and find setup.bat.

Right-click setup.bat and select "Run as administrator". (This is required to install the app in Program Files and create the desktop shortcut).

Follow the prompts in the installer.

The original download folder will be cleaned up, and you can run PulseBreak from your new desktop shortcut!

🚀 What's Next?

Implementing the voice-activated microphone check for affirmations.

Adding a "default" toggle to the Modes settings page.

Building an online theme store.

Thanks for trying PulseBreak! If you find any bugs or have ideas, please open an issue.