AstraPulse

A minimalist, desktop-first timer app designed for simplicity and ease of use. You can start a timer and forget about the app; it won’t forget you. When the timer reaches zero, the app will emit a background sound to alert you that the time is up. You can focus on your work instead of constantly checking when your next break is.

Features

• Minimal, distraction-free interface
• Background notification sound when time expires
• Preset and custom timer durations
• Designed for long-running desktop usage
• Built with Tauri and Svelte

Note

AstraPulse has been fully tested on macOS, but not yet on Windows and Linux.

Download

macOS

• Download the macOS .dmg installer from the latest release.

Windows & Linux

• Windows and Linux builds are not yet available as prebuilt downloads.
• Support for additional platforms is planned for a future release.

Notes

• AstraPulse can be built from source on all platforms using the instructions below.
• The macOS build is packaged and signed using Tauri’s standard tooling.

Run for development

# Build the frontend
cd frontend
npm run dev
# Open a new terminal window in the root directory and run:
cargo tauri dev

Build for production

# Build the frontend
cd frontend
npm install
# Open a new terminal window in the root directory and run:
cargo tauri build

Notes

• The frontend is implemented with Svelte and lives in frontend/.
• The backend is implemented with Rust and Tauri, and lives in src-tauri/.

Demo