# 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

Repository: https://github.com/vladelaina/Catime
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/catime
Homepage: https://cati.me
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: c, clock, pomodoro, pomodoro-timer, pomodoro-technique, time-management, efficiency, efficiency-tool
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:09:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 41
- inputs: {"age_days": 582, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 17.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4704, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:57.235827+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: scheduling, developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: pomodoro-timer, countdown, stopwatch, tray-icon, lightweight, win32, time-management, system-monitor, desktop

## Member repositories
- vladelaina/Catime (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.235827+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:12.048577+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vladelaina/Catime (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.235827+00:00, sha 57099105e433)
  - homepage: https://cati.me (fetched 2026-08-29T09:03:04.499097+00:00, sha c9f3bd0e2c38)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.