Catime

🎉 No installation or setup required — just double-click to get started.
🌸 Clean, elegant interface with smooth operation.
🚀 Powerful keyboard shortcuts for lightning-fast productivity.

An ultra-lightweight Windows countdown tool with Pomodoro functionality,
featuring a transparent interface and rich customization options,
using only a few MB of memory and almost no CPU resources,
elegantly helping you manage time on Windows.

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🌟Features

• Minimalist Design: Transparent interface, click-through capability, free dragging and resizing, no complex graphical settings interface, won't feel like an additional application running
• Flexible Timing: Quick presets, custom time input, current time display (12/24-hour format), countdown, count-up, Pomodoro clock
• Timeout Actions: Display messages, show current time, count up, lock screen, open files/applications, open websites, shutdown, restart
• Rich Customization: 47 fonts, 15 preset colors, support for custom color values, color palette selection, real-time preview

📥 Download

🪟 Winget

winget install --id VladElaina.Catime

💾 Manual Download

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

💡Use Cases

• 👔 Countdown to end of work
• 🍅 Pomodoro technique
• 🎮 Use while gaming to keep track of time
• ⏰ Schedule opening of:
  • 🌐 Websites
  • 💻 Applications
  • 📄 Files
  • 📝 Batch scripts
  • 🔄 Scheduled shutdown/restart
• 📊 Presentation countdown timer
• 🕰️ Desktop clock
• ⏱️ Count-up/countdown timer

📑User Guide

• Left-click tray icon: Set time
• Right-click tray icon: Set menu
• Edit mode: Drag to adjust position, scroll wheel to resize, 🖱️ right-click to exit edit mode

Configuration file saved at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Catime\config.ini

🛠️ Building from Source

1. Clone:

git clone git@github.com:vladelaina/Catime.git
cd Catime

2. Tools (MinGW, xmake)

Linux

• Ubuntu

  sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y mingw-w64 && curl -fsSL https://xmake.io/shget.text | bash

• Arch

  sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm mingw-w64 xmake

Windows

1. Prepare tools

Tool	Description	Recommended Version Format	Download Link
MinGW	GCC Compiler	x86_64-<version>-release-win32-seh-ucrt-rtv<num>-rev<num>.7z	MinGW Build
xmake	Build Tool	xmake-v<version>-win64.exe	xmake

2. Install tools

📦 2.1 Install MinGW Build

1. Extract MinGW to a specific location Example: Extract x86_64-<version>-release-win32-seh-ucrt-rtv<num>-rev<num>.7z to:

   C:\mingw64
   

2. Configure system environment variable PATH

   • Open: Control Panel → System → Advanced System Settings → Environment Variables

   • Find Path in System variables, click "Edit"

   • Add the following path:

     C:\mingw64\bin
     

3. Verify installation

   Open command prompt (Win + R → type cmd → Enter), type:

   gcc --version

   If version number displays successfully, MinGW installation is complete ✅

📦 2.2 Install xmake

1. Run xmake-v<version>-win64.exe to install
2. PATH will be configured automatically during installation (if not, manually add the bin directory of the xmake installation)

3. Verify tools

✅ 3.1 Verify gcc

gcc --version

✅ 3.2 Verify xmake

xmake --version

If all display version numbers correctly, tool configuration is successful 🎉

4. Build with xmake

Open a command prompt in the project root directory and use these commands:

xmake         # Compile the project
xmake run     # Compile and run the project
xmake clean   # Clean build artifacts

⭐Star History

✨Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following contributors:

MAX°孟兆	XuJilong	点滴进度作者	zggsong	猫屋敷梨梨Official	MOJIもら	李康
我是无名吖	金麟	双脚猫	rsyqvthv	君影	学习马楼	睡着的火山
星空下数羊	青阳忘川	William	王野	煮酒论科技	风增	田春
behappy425	x.j	kissholic	Alnilam	柒	枫谷剑仙	Marial
卓越方达	choyy	益渊Yyuan	上条教主	jin-gubang	xlr134	莫颜
LuSrackhall

🗝️Copyright Notice

This project is released under the Apache License 2.0 open source license.

Icon copyright notice:

• The software icon was created by 猫屋敷梨梨Official who reserves all rights. Without explicit authorization from the original creator, it may not be used for any commercial purposes.

Font licenses:

• MIT:
  • ProFont IIx Nerd Font Essence.ttf
• SIL Open Font License (OFL):
  • DaddyTimeMono Nerd Font Propo Essence.ttf, DepartureMono Nerd Font Propo Essence.ttf, LiterationSerif Nerd Font Essence.ttf, RecMonoCasual Nerd Font Mono Essence.ttf, Terminess Nerd Font Propo Essence.ttf, VictorMono NFP Medium Essence.ttf, ZedMono NF Essence.ttf
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Wallpaper:

• Author: 猫屋敷梨梨Official
  • Dynamic wallpaper link: Wallpaper Engine

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