# dteoh/SlowQuitApps

Add a global delay to Command-Q to stop accidental app quits.

Repository: https://github.com/dteoh/SlowQuitApps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slowquitapps
Language: Objective-C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: shortcut, macos, utility, keyboard-shortcut, keyboard, productivity, keybindings
Last push: 2020-12-28T07:08:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4464, "days_push": 2074, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1229, forks 58 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.665296+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS application that adds a configurable global delay to the Cmd-Q shortcut, requiring users to hold it down before an app quits. It shows an on-screen overlay during the delay to prevent accidental application quits.

## Use cases
- prevent accidentally quitting apps with cmd-q
- add a hold-to-quit delay to command-q on mac
- warn before quitting any macos application
- stop losing browser tabs from accidental cmd-q
- customize the command-q delay duration on mac

## When to avoid
- you are on macOS newer than Mojave and need guaranteed support
- you want per-app quit confirmation rather than a global delay
- you cannot grant accessibility permissions to background utilities

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: keyboard-shortcut, cmd-q, utility, accidental-quit-prevention, objective-c, macos

## Member repositories
- dteoh/SlowQuitApps (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.665296+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 2026-08-30T06:15:06.343131+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dteoh/SlowQuitApps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.665296+00:00, sha f60740561bdf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.