Software · Utilities & files

Safe Eyes

Protect your eyes from eye strain.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Gobinath
Latest version: 3.5.1 (5 September 2026)
Latest activity: 11 October 2026
Source code: github.com/slgobinath/safeeyes

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: reminders and due dates.

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

“Protect your eyes from eye strain using this simple and beautiful, yet extensible break reminder.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Safe Eyes 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

Protect your eyes from eye strain using this simple and beautiful, yet extensible break reminder Features: Remind you to take breaks with exercises to reduce RSI, Disable keyboard during breaks, Notification before and after breaks, Smart pause if system is idle, Multi-screen support, Customizable user interface, Command-line arguments to control the running instance, Customizable using plug-ins

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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