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vladelaina/Catime

💌A tiny (995KB) but mighty timer in **pure C** ! — almost no memory usage!❤️‍🔥 Supports clock, countdown, stopwatch, Pomodoro, and fully customizable tray animations (GIFs, CPU/Mem%) 💘 Don't be shy, join here🧸: https://discord.com/invite/W3tW2gtp6g observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/vladelaina/Catime · homepage · C · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

87/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 41
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 17.5
  • age_days: 582
  • days_rel: 10
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 17

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4704 stars · 191 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Catime is an ultra-lightweight (995KB) Windows timer application written in pure C with native Win32, supporting clock, countdown, stopwatch, and Pomodoro modes. It features a transparent overlay interface, customizable tray animations (GIF/WebP/ANI), real-time CPU/memory/battery display, and configurable actions when timers end.

Use cases

  • pomodoro timer for focused work sessions
  • countdown timer with transparent overlay during presentations
  • stopwatch for tracking elapsed time
  • display CPU and memory usage in the system tray
  • auto-launch apps when a timer finishes
  • track break time while gaming without blocking the screen

When to choose

  • you want a tiny, near-zero-resource timer on Windows
  • you need a transparent timer overlay for presentations or gaming
  • you want a customizable Pomodoro tool with tray animations

When to avoid

  • you need a timer on macOS or Linux
  • you need cross-platform sync or cloud features
  • you need a full-featured time-tracking suite with reporting

Facets

application · maturity active

scheduling developer-tools gui developer-tools desktop-applications windows windows pomodoro-timer countdown stopwatch tray-icon lightweight win32 time-management system-monitor desktop

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Member repositories

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