beproductive 0.1.1

Block distracting websites and set up a Pomodoro timer. Focus on your work.

Be Productive

A tool that let's you focus on your work by blocking distracting websites. Optionally with a timer for work sessions, using the Pomodoro technique.

Install

To install Be Productive: pip install beproductive

If you use Windows, it's recommended to pip install win10toast for nice Windows notifications.

You don't have to install win10toast, but without it you will not get visible and audible notifications for Pomodoro. However, all notifications are also printed in your command line interface.

Blocked Websites

These websites are blocked per default, but you can always edit blocklist.txt and add your personal time killers.

#collapse_input
with open(BLOCKLIST) as file:
    print(" ".join([line.rstrip() for line in file]))

twitter.com youtube.com facebook.com instagram.com reddit.com netflix.com amazon.com linkedin.com

How to Block / Unblock Websites

Windows

To run the blocker script, you have to run your command line tool with administrator privileges.

Block websites:

cd /directory/of/beproductive
python -m beproductive

Block websites for x minutes:

python -m beproductive block 45

Unblock all websites:

python -m beproductive unblock

Start a Pomodoro session:

python -m beproductive pomodoro

Linux (and MacOS?)

Block websites:

cd /directory/of/beproductive
sudo python -m beproductive [block]

Block websites for x minutes:

sudo python -m beproductive block 45

Unblock all websites:

sudo python -m beproductive unblock

Start a Pomodoro session:

sudo python -m beproductive pomodoro

Pomodoro

The Pomodoro feature blocks your defined websites for 25 minutes. It notifies you after the 25 minutes are over and gives you access to all websites for 5 minutes. Although I recommend getting up and stretching instead :) This cycle is repeated 4 times.

You can set custom times. This is how you run 5 Pomodoros of 45 minutes with 10 minute breaks:

python -m beproductive pomodoro 45 10 5

Behind the Scenes

The script blocks URLs by modifying the hosts file. Blocked URLs are redirected to 127.0.0.1. The script backs up the original hosts file. You will not lose any customizations and you can always reset to the original state.

Roadmap

• Turn scripts into installable Python package
• Extend to Linux and MacOS
• Add ability to schedule or block for specific period of time