# rcaelers/workrave

Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.

Repository: https://github.com/rcaelers/workrave
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/workrave
Homepage: https://www.workrave.org
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:50:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 70, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6330, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": 140.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1805, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.016776+00:00)

## What it is
Workrave is a free desktop application that helps prevent and recover from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) by monitoring keyboard and mouse usage and prompting users to take microbreaks, rest breaks, and respect a daily computer usage limit. It is highly configurable, tracks usage statistics, and offers panel applets and exercises during breaks.

## Use cases
- remind me to take breaks while working at the computer
- prevent repetitive strain injury from typing
- enforce microbreaks every few minutes
- limit my daily computer usage time
- track how much time I spend on the computer per day
- show break timers in the system tray or panel

## When to choose
- you spend long hours at a computer and want configurable break reminders
- you are recovering from RSI and need enforced micro-pauses and rest breaks
- you want usage statistics and daily limits across Windows, Linux, or macOS

## When to avoid
- you need a mobile or web-based break reminder
- you want screen-time blocking or app-level parental controls rather than break prompts

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, healthcare, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: rsi-prevention, break-reminder, ergonomics, microbreaks, usage-statistics, humane-tech, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- rcaelers/workrave (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.016776+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 2026-08-30T03:21:47.115325+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rcaelers/workrave (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.016776+00:00, sha 1c7efc00a280)
  - homepage: https://www.workrave.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.388603+00:00, sha 203e849f413e)
  - site_page: https://workrave.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.390980+00:00, sha 590f0ad55d31)
  - site_page: https://workrave.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.394900+00:00, sha 5f1d714719f9)
  - site_page: https://workrave.org/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:38.392897+00:00, sha d83fa5bb8e35)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.