Quack Sleep Doc

Not an actual doctor or a serious sleep helper! If you need that consult a real doctor!

A tool that reminds you to go to bed at a time you configured.

Setup

Then, you create a config file in ~/.config/quack-sleep/config.json.

{
    "language": "de",
    "reminder_time": "22:10",
    "countdown_initial": 20,
    "countdown_reduction": 5,
    "countdown_minimum": 1
}

Optionally, you can configure your own messages that remind you to go to sleep in ~/.config/quack-sleep/messages.txt. Where each line is a message. Here is an example file in german.

Morgen wirst du froh sein, dass du jetzt schlafen gehst.
Schlaf ist wie ein kostenloses Upgrade.
Dein Gehirn ruft an: Es möchte ins Bett.
Produktivität beginnt mit Erholung.
Selbst KI gönnt sich Ruhezyklen – du solltest das auch.

Finally, once you have everything configured, you should add the script to the autostart to make sure it always runs.

Linux: Assuming you have screen (apt install screen) you can add the following to the bottom of your ~/.profile file.

protected_screen() {
    local name="$1"
    shift

    if [ -z "$name" ]; then
        echo "Usage: protected_screen <session-name> <command> [args...]"
        return 1
    fi

    # Check if the screen session already exists
    if screen -ls | grep -q "[.]${name}[[:space:]]"; then
        return 0
    fi

    if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "No command provided. You must provide a command."
        return 1
    else
        screen -dmS "$name" "$@"
    fi
}

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Windows: Here we will use the ps1 script provided in the repository to launch the app. First clone the repository, then run uv sync to install it. Lastly, add the start.ps1 to your autostart folder.