pomo is a simple CLI for using the Pomodoro Technique. There are some amazing task management systems but pomo is more of a task execution or timeboxing system. pomo helps you track what you did, how long it took you do it, and how much effort you expect it to take.
The Pomodoro Technique is simple and effective:
- Decide on a task you want to accomplish
- Break the task into timed intervals (pomodoros), [approx. 25 min]
- After each pomodoro take a short break [approx. 3 - 5 min]
- Once all pomodoros are completed take a longer break [approx 15 - 20 min]
- Repeat
Binaries are available for Linux and OSX platforms in the releases section on github.
curl -L -o pomo https://github.com/kevinschoon/pomo/releases/download/0.6.0/pomo-0.6.0-linux-amd64
# Optionally verify file integrity
echo 97be4ccf66c4ae4e3e154f87b9bb0bf2 pomo | md5sum -c -
chmod +x pomo
./pomo -v
# Copy pomo to somewhere on your $PATH
curl -L -o pomo https://github.com/kevinschoon/pomo/releases/download/0.6.0/pomo-0.6.0-darwin-amd64
# Optionally verify file integrity
[[ $(md5 -r pomo) != "55d77a30dfd6f66c95e19dd83c7ec95c pomo" ]] && echo "invalid hash!"
chmod +x pomo
./pomo -v
# Copy pomo to somewhere on your $PATH
go get github.com/kevinschoon/pomo
pomo -v
Once pomo is installed you need to initialize it's database.
pomo init
Start a 4 pomodoro session at 25 minute intervals:
pomo start -t my-project "write some codes"
Pomo has a few configuration options which can be read from a JSON file in Pomo's state directory ~/.pomo/config.json.
You can map colors to specific tags in the colors field.
Example:
{
"colors": {
"my-project": "hiyellow",
"another-project": "green"
}
}
The Pomo CLI can output the current state of a running task session via the pomo status
making it easy to script and embed it's output in various Linux status bars.
You can create a module with the custom/script type and
embed Pomo's status output in your Polybar:
[module/pomo]
type = custom/script
interval = 1
exec = pomo status
- Generate charts/burn down
- System tray notification/icon
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