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Focus Timer

Focus Timer is a timer and time tracking program, available on Linux: keyboard shortcuts, statistics and charts.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

Overview

Focus Timer is a timer and time tracking program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: keyboard shortcuts, statistics and charts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Focus Timer (formerly gnome-pomodoro) is a time-management app built around the Pomodoro Technique, helping you maintain focus and prevent burnout through structured work and break intervals.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Hotkeys (global shortcuts)” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Daily, weekly, and monthly statistics” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Focus Timer is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

A productivity timer that helps you work more effectively by breaking your time into focused work sessions followed by short breaks. Work for 25 minutes, then take a 5-minute break to maintain concentration and prevent burnout. Key features: Customizable work session and break lengths Screen overlay during breaks System tray icon Hotkeys (global shortcuts) Daily, weekly, and monthly statistics Extensible via custom shell commands, D-Bus, and CLI GNOME Shell extension for deeper desktop integration

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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