SelfControlApp/selfcontrol
Selfcontrol
SelfControl is a macOS website blocker and time-locked productivity tool. It functions as a persistent content filter that restricts access to specified websites and email servers for a fixed duration.
The application enforces these restrictions through a countdown timer that cannot be bypassed by restarting the computer or deleting the application. It ensures block persistence until the predetermined time expires.
The tool manages digital distractions by modifying the system hosts file and utilizing a privileged background daemon. The user interface supports multiple languages through localization.
Features
- Digital Distraction Management - Blocks access to specific websites and mail servers for a set time to improve focus and productivity.
- Focus and Time Management - Creates dedicated periods of deep work by removing online interruptions until a predetermined time expires.
- macOS Website Blockers - A desktop application for blocking access to distracting websites and email servers on macOS for a fixed duration.
- Anti-Cheat Timer Restrictions - Uses system timestamps to ensure block durations survive application restarts or reboots.
- Time-Locked Productivity Tools - Prevents access to specified domains until a countdown timer expires regardless of system restarts.
- Hosts File Editors - Redirects web traffic by modifying the /etc/hosts file to map distracting domains to a local loopback address.
- Website and Mail Server Blocking - Restricts access to specific internet addresses and mail servers for a set duration to eliminate digital distractions.
- Privileged Daemons - Runs a background process with root permissions to modify protected system files.
- Content Filtering - Provides a local filtering system that enforces website restrictions across system reboots.
- Persistent Block Enforcement - Ensures website restrictions remain active across system restarts and application deletions until the timer expires.
- macOS Habit Automation - Manages digital habits on a Mac by automating the restriction of distracting web addresses.
- Runtime Privilege Escalations - Requests administrator rights at runtime to perform privileged system operations like modifying the hosts file.
- Productivity Tools - Block access to distracting websites for focused work.
- System Productivity - Blocks access to distracting websites for productivity.
- System Utilities - Blocks distracting websites for productivity.
