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Pomodoro Timer

25-minute focus blocks with breaks.

25:00

Completed pomodoros: 0

About

Click start. Work 25 minutes, break 5, repeat. After four pomodoros, take a longer 15-minute break. Customize the durations if you want. Sound and notification at the end of each phase.

How to use

  1. Click start.
  2. Work until the timer rings.
  3. Take the break, then start the next pomodoro.

FAQ

Why 25 minutes?+

It's short enough to start without dread and long enough to make real progress. Francesco Cirillo picked it almost arbitrarily in the 1980s, named after his tomato-shaped kitchen timer ('pomodoro' is Italian for tomato).