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Trying to control My screen time with This software (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Note that i made this for myself and just my first time sharing an application i made here

Came up with this application with one aim in mind...To Control daily limit for myself as my doomscrolling had worsened quite a lot even while working. So decided to make this as an alternative to Digital wellbeing on Android.

It supports:

focus mode

per app daily limits

background daemon

so far i was able to make it work only on GNOME mutter and all x11 because that is my system...will consider updating in future if this receives positive reviews

I use fedora 44 workstation and it runs perfectly for me...and also tied it on manjaro and linux mint on my VMs with x11 , worked there too....so please check for yourselves and do tell me how it goes

NOTE: if you are a dev then please feel free to contribute

GitHub Repository link: https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard

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[-] helix@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is this AI generated? Do you have a link to a repository? Why would Devs contribute to some vibe coded app they didn't write?

EDIT: is it that one? Because there is another vibecoded screenguard on Github which looks different.

https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

It isn't vibe coded friend I have worked on it personally and can assure you it's not vibe coded...just fixed certain anonymous bugs with llm when I got tired... There has been a backlash I know but it's just what it is...thank you

[-] helix@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah please disclose that, pair programming is a fine idea with AI. I'm kind of against AI in general, but if you use it like you claim you do, sounds fine :)

Maybe you can add an explanation on which parts are LLM assisted and which aren't, like it's done with projects in !selfhosted@lemmy.world.

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure will make that clear in README as well... probably after some time because I need to recall...but hey I think I did make agents (debugging) file which shows the bugs patches with llm

[-] helix@feddit.org 1 points 19 hours ago

Sounds great 😊

I'll try your project when I have the time (few weeks I guess).

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What’s your desktop environment? Is that a themed Gnome?

It all looks very nice

Edit: it’s in your post body nvm

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Yes it is GNOME...and..well it's quite simple extensions

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Repo link : https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard

[-] jlow@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

This looks cool! Any chance it could work with KDE in the future?

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

If KDE users support it then we'll sure ...why not ...it either ways is in development...I am planning to add something like do not disturb and other android like features too...so ...yes....btw if using x11 in kde isn't an issue...then u can use it in kdetoo(although I think that would be like switching so yeah nvm) TLDR: Working on it pal....will try to add atleast kde and cinnamon support by end of this yeah...and sway , hyprland etc too but will take till next year I guess.....let's see

[-] jlow@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

That sounds great!

[-] helix@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

I rather like activitywatch for this, which sadly has been a bit buggy in the past for me. Maybe try to contribute there?

[-] Aditya_K9999@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

I did try out activity watch myself but that didn't have digital wellbeing control like daily timer and focus mode sooo.....yeah

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