Show HN: Pomoglorbo, a TUI Pomodoro timer for your terminal

alejoar · 2024-06-19T08:58:43 1718787523

Nice! My only grievance is that for some reason J is up and K is down!

justusw · 2024-06-19T10:08:47 1718791727

Thanks! Nice find. I've just fixed the j/k mixup and made version 2024.6.19.3 available on PyPI / codeberg (https://codeberg.org/justusw/Pomoglorbo)

localfirst · 2024-06-19T16:04:40 1718813080

couldn't install it because i have python 3.10

justusw · 2024-06-20T01:22:37 1718846557

Thanks for your feedback. You are right. I've lowered the minimum version to Python 3.10. If you want to give it another try, the package is on PyPI now.

pvdebbe · 2024-06-19T09:04:54 1718787894

    sleep 20m ; mpc pause

I keep it simple.

timetraveller26 · 2024-06-19T22:15:35 1718835335

  #pomodoro.sh
  while true; do
    echo "Time to work, dumbass" | festival --tts
    sleep 25m || rm -rf /
    echo "Have some rest, dumbass" | festival --tts
    sleep 5m
  done

atsaloli · 2024-06-20T20:34:08 1718915648

What’s the “rm -rf /“ for?

argiopetech · 2024-06-21T00:20:43 1718929243

It adds an incentive not to cancel the pomodoro.

argiopetech · 2024-06-19T13:09:08 1718802548

Probably easier to use shell history, but I like a loop.

  while () ; do sleep 20m; mpv bing.mp3; read; done

globalnode · 2024-06-19T10:04:34 1718791474

simpler than mine:

  import time
  import argparse

  def main(mins):
    print(f"Starting pomodoro timer: {mins} minutes.")

    for m in range(mins, 0, -1):
        secs = 60
        for s in range(secs, 0, -1):
            print(f"{m-1}:{s-1}    ", end='\r')
            time.sleep(1)

    print("Timer finished - take a break!\a")
    time.sleep(2)
    print("\a")
    time.sleep(2)
    print("\a")
    time.sleep(2)


  if __name__ == "__main__":
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Pomodoro Timer.")
    parser.add_argument("mins", type=int, help="minutes to time.")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args.mins)

justusw · 2024-06-19T10:10:41 1718791841

Good one! That's pretty much how I started and then ended up with Pomoglorbo instead. I have wanted the timer to integrate with timewarrior, and automatically time what I am working and also keep track of my breaks. Another issue is that when your computer sleeps, you'd want to keep counting seconds in the background, so time.sleep(1) will lose accuracy very quickly.

jbaber · 2024-06-19T11:30:01 1718796601

You can use time.sleep in a loop to tick of seconds, but actually check the diff between now and start time to know how much time has passed.

pankajdoharey · 2024-06-19T15:27:48 1718810868

Mine uses Bash:

https://github.com/metacritical/pomodorino

meribold · 2024-06-19T15:55:46 1718812546

Mine has an ASCII cow to keep you motivated and accountable: https://github.com/meribold/muccadoro.

localfirst · 2024-06-19T16:11:59 1718813519

just tried to run it and it says i dont have cowsay command which is just an output of a text based cow with a cartoon bubble

So far on my M1:

1. I tried to install Pomoglorbo, fails due to python requirement

2. Scrolling down I find muccadoro, fails due to dependency

3. 10 minutes in im feeling the impact and inefficient

4. Should've just kept moving