# ivoronin/TomatoBar

🍅 World's neatest Pomodoro timer for macOS menu bar

Repository: https://github.com/ivoronin/TomatoBar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tomatobar
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: macos, pomodoro, timer, productivity, menubar, swift
Last push: 2026-05-29T06:40:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3044, "days_push": 96, "days_rel": 195, "gap_med": 11, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3496, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.349895+00:00)

## What it is
TomatoBar is a Pomodoro timer that lives in the macOS menu bar, offering configurable work/rest intervals, sounds, notifications, and a global hotkey. It is a fully sandboxed native Swift app with JSON event logging and tomatobar:// URL control for automation.

## Use cases
- pomodoro timer for mac menu bar
- track work and break intervals while studying
- control a focus timer from the command line
- log pomodoro state transitions for productivity analysis
- minimal distraction-free focus timer for macOS

## When to choose
- you use macOS and want a lightweight, native Pomodoro timer in the menu bar
- you need automation via URL schemes or JSON event logs
- you want a sandboxed app installable via Homebrew

## When to avoid
- you need a Pomodoro timer on Windows, Linux, or mobile
- you need cross-device sync or team time-tracking features
- you use macOS older than Big Sur (need TomatoBar < 3.0)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: pomodoro, menu-bar, timer, time-management, swiftui, focus, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- ivoronin/TomatoBar (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.349895+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 2026-08-29T18:35:53.370039+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ivoronin/TomatoBar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.349895+00:00, sha dea94ff57e42)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.