Digital Wellbeing and Productivity Tools for Mobile and Desktop

GitHub Advanced Security helps users to find and fix vulnerabilities in their digital habits. This collection includes various software solutions to reduce your screen time and manage digital-wellbeing across different platforms.

Minimalist Android Launchers

Several projects focus on creating a minimalist Android launcher designed for phone-life balance. For instance, the Minimal AF Launcher for Android is designed to reduce your screen time with daily wallpapers, utilizing android kotlin mvvm viewmodel. Another option is a Minimal digital wellbeing launcher for Android that is 100% free and open source, written in jetpack compose.

Time Tracking and Insights

Tracking activity is crucial for productivity. Minify© is an app especially designed for people who want to improve their productivity by saving the time that they spend on their smartphone. This App tracks user's activities and measures the total time taken on each app and thus you could be able to track yourself. You can also set limits on certain apps, Minify© will give you notifications.

For desktop users, there is an App Usage tracker for Windows 10 PC similar to Digital Wellbeing for Android. Additionally, a Desktop time tracking application for Windows, Mac and Linux that does not invade your privacy uses electron, typescript, and vue to help manage procastination.

Focus Management and Distraction Blockers

Reef helps you stay focused by blocking distracting apps, setting daily routines, and giving you insights into your screen time — all without ads, clutter, or tracking. To further boost focus and reduce screen time, a custom filter list is available that removes home feeds, reels, and recommendations from YouTube, Reddit, X, Facebook, and more.

For those who prefer command-line interfaces, a simple CLI tool for blocking your distracting apps and websites is available for Linux, focusing on dopamine-detox and deep-work. Additionally, a Windows app designed to help you follow the 20-20-20 rule supports digital-wellbeing via flutter.

Public Repositories by Language

There are 72 public repositories matching this topic, distributed across the following primary languages:

  • JavaScript: 14
  • Kotlin: 10
  • Java: 8
  • Python: 7
  • C#: 5
  • HTML: 4
  • TypeScript: 4
  • Dart: 2
  • Rust: 2
  • Jupyter Notebook: 2