A cross-platform open source app that reminds you to take breaks when working on your computer.
Official website hovancik.net/stretchly
Our take
The catch is that a break reminder only works if you actually stop when it nags you, and plenty of people just dismiss the overlay and keep typing. If you have the discipline to honor it, this is the rare wellness tool that asks nothing of you in return: no account, no telemetry, runs the same on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Pick it over a paid focus app when you only want the nudge, not a productivity dashboard tracking how you spent your day.
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hovancik/stretchly
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BSD-2-Clause
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v1.21.0
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Stretchly license, in plain English
BSD-2-Clause Permissive
A short permissive license: use and modify freely as long as the copyright notice stays intact.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.