A Sweet and Simple (SAS) Pomodoro Timer

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This is a very simple timer based on the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method which breaks down work or study into 25 minute intervals, with 5 minute breaks in between. Every fourth break is 20 minutes.

I came across the Pomodoro Technique a few years ago when I was having a lot of trouble managing my time with regards to working and studying. I found a decent app for my Android phone, but nothing I liked using on my Linux desktop. So, I made one.

This script is a great combination of convenient desktop notifications and nearly instantaneous loading of a pure CLI script. Nothing fancy, just function and a little bit of love.

Please submit any bugs or feature requests to https://github.com/Raindeer44/sas-timer/issues Thank you.

How this timer works

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This is a lovely little command line script for bash. The script will ask you how many cycles you would like to run the timer for. One cycle consists looks like this:

• 25 minutes: work time (pomodoro)
• 5 minutes: break
• 25 minutes: work time (pomodoro)
• 5 minutes: break
• 25 minutes: work time (pomodoro)
• 5 minutes: break
• 25 minutes: work time (pomodoro)
• 20 minutes: long break

At the end of a pomodoro, a notification will appear reminding you to take a break. A similar notification will appear at the end of each break. If you ever miss a notification, or would like an estimate of time remaining, check out the terminal where the script is running. Every section of the timer logs its information and a 5-minute countdown with a 1-minute warning.

With each major notification comes a sound. Several sound files are included in the assets/ directory. Feel free to add any more you come across, just make sure it is compatible with aplay. The active sound can be changed in the settings section of sas.sh. To preview a sound, use

aplay assets/soundfile.wav

How to run

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Requires notify-osd packages

To check if notify-osd is already installed, type/copy/paste:

notify-send --version

If something like notify-send 0.7.6 returns, notify-osd is already installed

Otherwise, to install notify-osd, type/copy/paste:

sudo apt-get install notify-osd

Install

Navigate to whatever directory you want the script to run from, then type/copy/paste:

git clone https://github.com/Raindeer44/sas-timer.git
cd sas-timer/
chmod u+x sas.sh

Run

Now you're ready to go! To run the script, simply run from the install directory:

/path/to/install/dir/sas-timer/sas.sh

For a shorter command, create a bash alias.

License

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Copyright (C) 2016 Jade Thornton

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.