SelfControlApp/selfcontrol

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.

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