A cross-platform open source app that reminds you to take breaks when working on your computer.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Stretchly
hovancik.net/stretchly 1 rating so far*
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Threat level
Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
The catch is that a break reminder only works if you actually stop when it nags you, and plenty of people just dismiss the overlay and keep typing. If you have the discipline to honor it, this is the rare wellness tool that asks nothing of you in return: no account, no telemetry, runs the same on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Pick it over a paid focus app when you only want the nudge, not a productivity dashboard tracking how you spent your day.
GitHub at a glance
hovancik/stretchly BSD-2-Clause breaksbsdelectronlinuxlonger-breaksmacosreminderwindows
Stars
6,638
+19 this week
Forks
586
32 watching
Last commit
today
healthy
Latest release
v1.22.1
3mo ago, 60 total
Star history
Issues
88% closed
120
open
841
closed
+10 / -14
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
80 commits, active 14 of 26 weeks
258 contributors since Jul 2016
Languages
- JavaScript 79.7%
- HTML 13.2%
- CSS 6.5%
- Other 0.6%
Updated daily from the GitHub API. Star tracking since Jun 15, 2026.
Website at a glance
hovancik.net
D score 30
Weak website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 2d ago
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Stretchly license, in plain English
BSD-2-Clause Permissive
A short permissive license: use and modify freely as long as the copyright notice stays intact.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.
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