It waits through your meetings. It counts the breaks you already took.
AppImage · DEB · RPM
Why it survives week two
RestifEyeEye break in 30 seconds.
How it works
Drawn, not described
Crisp at any size. Themed light and dark. Zero weight in the download.
Eye break · 20 seconds01 / 52
The signature detail
Good
On schedule
Every mood changes the eyes or mouth too.
A rough morning doesn't haunt you until midnight.
One skipped break never turns it red.
Drawn at runtime, 22 to 64 px. Never a rescaled smudge.
Honest comparison
| RestifEye | Stretchly | Workrave | Safe Eyes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland idle detection | Native | Weak | ||
| Waits for meetings | Mic · cam · DND | DND only | Fullscreen | |
| Waits for video and slides | Idle inhibitors | Fullscreen | ||
| Counts a break you took | Logged as taken | Resets timer | Stops timer | |
| Ambient status, no window | 7 moods | |||
| Illustrated exercises | 52 | Text | Basic | Text |
| Runtime dependencies | None | Electron | GTK | Python · GTK |
From each project's public docs, last checked July 2026.
Download
$ chmod +x RestifEye-*.AppImage
$ ./RestifEye-*.AppImage$ sudo apt install ./restifeye_*.deb$ sudo dnf install ./RestifEye-*.rpmOn GNOME, the app offers to install the AppIndicator extension in one click. KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon and MATE need nothing.
FAQ
No. No accounts, no telemetry. One optional weekly version check — switchable off.
No. Mic, camera, DND or any idle inhibitor defers it. Hard cap: 15 minutes from when the break was due.
Hold escape for three seconds. It goes on your own stats, nowhere else.
No. Video players hold an idle inhibitor, background music doesn't. And timers never reset — the break fires the moment the film ends.
A tray face that changes with your last two hours. Closing the window keeps it running.
Both. Developed Wayland-first on Fedora GNOME, using portal-friendly D-Bus APIs.
Free, forever. A paid Mac and Windows build may come later.
A version is on the roadmap. Interest is what gets it built.