# trehn/termdown

Countdown timer and stopwatch in your terminal

Repository: https://github.com/trehn/termdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/termdown
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: countdown, timer, terminal, python, stopwatch
Last push: 2026-01-31T00:05:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4481, "days_push": 215, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1545, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.373444+00:00)

## What it is
termdown is a Python-based terminal countdown timer and stopwatch with large ASCII-art time display. It supports flexible time specifications, hotkeys, spoken announcements, and custom end-of-countdown actions.

## Use cases
- start a countdown timer in my terminal
- use a stopwatch from the command line
- count down to a specific datetime like a meeting
- get a spoken or bell alert when time runs out
- run a pomodoro-style timer in the shell
- display remaining time in a terminal title or file

## When to choose
- you want a quick, scriptable timer without leaving the terminal
- you need flexible time inputs like '1h 5m 30s' or absolute dates
- you want voice announcements or custom commands triggered per second

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI timer with visual notifications
- you need multi-timer management or persistent scheduling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform, python
- tags: countdown-timer, stopwatch, terminal-ui, curses, voice-announcements, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- trehn/termdown (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.373444+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 2026-08-30T04:30:36.530689+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trehn/termdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.373444+00:00, sha 38ecce71dcf1)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/termdown/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:53.737825+00:00, sha 63b9a643015a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.