#STRETCHLY APP INSTALL#
#STRETCHLY APP UPDATE#
#STRETCHLY APP FULL#
#STRETCHLY APP PORTABLE#

You'll be notified 10 seconds before a Mini Break (and 30 seconds before a Long Break) so that you can prepare to pause your work. Stretchly itself lives in your tray, only displaying a reminder window from time to time, which contains an idea for a break.īy default, there is a 20 second Mini Break every 10 minutes and a 5 minute Long Break every 30 minutes (after 2 Mini Breaks). When you run Stretchly for the first time, you are presented with a Welcome window that allows you to change the language, review the preferences, view the online tutorial or simply continue with the default preferences.

#STRETCHLY APP INSTALL#

You can create a custom installer by running npm run pack or npm run dist after npm install -no-save. Clone the repo, run npm install and then simply run npm start to start Stretchly. To run Stretchly from source you will need Node.js, ideally the one specified in package.json. Depending on your distro, you probably want to do something similar to this, so the preferences are kept after reboot: Add kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 to /etc/sysctl.d/nf and reboot. If Stretchly is not starting, you might need to run sudo sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1. Having libappindicator1 installed should be enough for Stretchly.įor Natural breaks, you might need some packages too ( libxss-dev). Please see for Electron's Tray Linux specifics. The most widely used distributions should be covered.

#STRETCHLY APP PORTABLE#

Linux/BSD/Portableįor portable versions and for Linux/BSD installers, head to Github Releases page. You can install Stretchly for all users silently by running this as administrator: installer.exe /S /allusers. Stretchly is also available in Microsoft's winget. You can also install Stretchly with Chocolatey by running the following command from the command line or from PowerShell: choco install stretchly. If you're using Alfred on macOS you can use this Alfred Workflow to interact with Stretchly.

Stretchly is not signed (due to its costs) so you will need to use this workaround for the first run: Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer.

#STRETCHLY APP UPDATE#

When upgrading, run brew update & brew upgrade -cask. You can also install Stretchly with Homebrew by running brew update & brew install -cask stretchly.

The latest official installers and portable versions for macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD can be found at Github Releases page. Everything can be customized to your liking, and the break ideas are a nice touch.Stretchly is a cross-platform Electron app that reminds you to take breaks when working on your computer. Stretchly is one of the better ergonomics apps we've tested. When the breaks appear, you can optionally skip them when the window pops up.

#STRETCHLY APP FULL#

Finally, you can set breaks to full screen, show break ideas, and notify before the breaks start. On the next setting screen, you can choose the audio or color scheme. You can also disable either breaks or microbreaks. You can easily change any of the times with a left or right arrow. By default, microbreaks will remind you every 10 minutes to stop for 20 seconds, while breaks will remind you to take a 5-minute break after two microbreaks. Here you can define when breaks should occur. Currently, Your Strectchly is not active. Right-clicking on the Stretchly icon gives you quick access to About, Skip to the next, Pause, Reset breaks, Settings, Start at login, Your Stretchly, and Quit.

It resides in the system tray and can remind you to take a break whenever you want. Stretchly was designed for that exact problem. Many of us know we should take a break from our computers to rest our eyes and stretch, but we often don't. Stretchly is an open-source app that reminds you to take a break from your computer.

Stretchly app