Pomodoro
Pomodoro Break Timer
The five minute break, timed properly. Stand, move, look out of a window, and come back when it sounds.
Pomodoro Break Timer
5:00
Ready
- Ends at
- —
- Elapsed
- 00:00
Settings
Space start or pause · R reset · F full screen
What this one is for
- Five minutes, not fifteen
- Leave the screen entirely
- Longer break after four rounds
The short break is deliberately too brief to start anything. That is the design: it returns you to the desk before the context has drained away. It opens at 5:00; change that with the chips under the dial.
Worth knowing
- Five minutes is deliberately too short to start anything new.
- Stand up, look at something further than arm's length away.
- Every fourth break stretches to fifteen or thirty minutes.
Getting the most from the pomodoro break timer
- Protect the intervalStatus set to busy, notifications off. An interrupted pomodoro is voided rather than paused.
- Work until it sounds, not until it is doneThe interval is the unit. Finishing early means setting up the next one, not stretching this one.
- Take the break away from the screenStanding up is most of the benefit. Switching tabs is not a break.
Related timers
- Pomodoro Timer
- 15 Minute Pomodoro
- 25 Minute Pomodoro
- 30 Minute Pomodoro
- 50 Minute Pomodoro
- Pomodoro Study Timer
- Pomodoro Work Timer
Questions people ask
How long is a pomodoro break?
Five minutes after each interval, and fifteen to thirty minutes after every fourth. The short break is deliberately too short to start anything new.
What counts as a completed interval?
An unbroken one. Cirillo's rule is that a pomodoro is indivisible: if it breaks, void it and start fresh rather than resuming.
Is the pomodoro break timer free?
Yes. No account, no install, no cap on how many intervals you run.