What is the Pomodoro Technique?
One task, then a real break
Francesco Cirillo created the Pomodoro Technique using a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. His official site explains the method: choose an activity, protect time to focus, take breaks and reflect on your work. This timer provides a simple way to practice that rhythm without an account.
How to do the Pomodoro Technique
Choose a task and press Working on, then start Focus. Work on that task until the timer finishes. Take a short break, then return for another focus session. After four completed focus sessions, this timer offers a long break. Use the task list to record what you completed rather than trying to reach a particular daily score.
Why 25 minutes?
Twenty-five minutes is the focus length used by the method, not a scientifically optimal duration for everyone. A shorter or longer block may suit your work better. You can set each mode from one to 90 minutes and choose a long-break interval from two to eight focus sessions.
What is a good Pomodoro ratio?
25/5 is the standard focus and short-break pattern. Other options include 50/10 and 90/20. Treat these as schedules to try, not performance promises. A break should be long enough for you to step away; choose a rhythm you can use comfortably.
Pause, reset or skip
Pause preserves the remaining time. Reset starts the current mode over with your latest settings. Skip moves to the next mode without counting a completed focus session and leaves the timer paused. Switching a mode tab also resets that mode. Space starts or pauses the timer when you are not typing or using another control.
Automatic breaks and automatic focus sessions are separate settings, both off by default. If you turn both on, time spent away can span several sessions. Completed focus sessions still count toward the selected task; today's totals include only sessions that ended on the current local date.
What happens in a background tab?
The timer saves a deadline and checks it when the page runs again. It catches up after a delayed callback instead of losing time by counting ticks. Keep the device clock accurate: changing the system time changes a deadline-based timer. Closing the browser can prevent alarms and notifications until the page is reopened.
Test sound after adjusting the volume. Notifications need browser permission and may be blocked by system settings. Keep screen on is optional and appears only where the browser supports it; the system may still release the screen lock. Focus view uses fullscreen when available and a page overlay otherwise.