Native experience
Built entirely with Swift, SwiftUI and AppKit. It feels like the rest of macOS — because it is macOS.
NATIVE · COMPACT · PRIVATE
Take a break. Your eyes will thank you.
A native macOS app that nudges you to rest your eyes, relax, and move — quietly, on your schedule.
Small, native, and respectful of your time
No bundled browser engine, no telemetry, no clutter — just a thoughtfully built Mac app that helps you form healthier habits.
Compact bundle
No Electron, no embedded runtime. Just a few megabytes on disk and a memory footprint to match.
High performance
Native compilation and rendering keep overhead low so your Mac stays cool and responsive.
Flexible schedules
Eye care, 50/10, Pomodoro, or your own — with customizable break intervals, durations, and snooze rules.
Reminders, your way
Windowed or full-screen. Solid color, gradient, or image background. Multi-display friendly, all the way.
Private by design
No account, no ads, no network calls. Your settings and break history live only on your Mac.
REMINDERS, YOUR WAY
From a small card to the whole screen
Choose a corner card that gets out of the way, or take over the screen and step back from the keyboard. Both work, both switch in one click.
Windowed reminders
Standard, Small, Mini — or fold it down to a sliver when you can't step away. Quietly there, never in the way.
Full-screen reminders
Solid color, gradient, or your own image — across every display. The break takes the whole screen, so you actually take it.
Settings that match how you work
Working hours, idle detection, full-screen app awareness, menu-bar quick actions — every detail considered, none of them mandatory.
Break schedules
Built-in presets for eye care, 50/10, and Pomodoro. Fine-tune interval, duration and snooze — or build your own.
Menu bar
See the next break at a glance. Start a break, pause reminders, or open Settings — all from the menu bar.
Break statistics
A quiet log of how and when you took breaks. Set your own gentle accountability, no dashboards required.
Get Tick Rest
Free, open source, and signed locally. Pick what fits your Mac.
AVAILABLE NOW
Tick Rest for macOS
macOS 13 (Ventura) or later
Homebrew (recommended)
brew install --cask fthux/tap/tickrestor download the ZIP from GitHub Releases:
- Choose
arm64for Apple Silicon,x86_64for Intel, oruniversalfor both. - On first launch, allow Tick Rest in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Tick Rest for Windows
A native Windows version is on the way
We're bringing the same native feel to Windows. Sign up at the GitHub repository to follow along — the project is open source and contributions are welcome.
Coming soon · Stay tuned
A familiar Mac app
Every screen designed native-first. Light and dark appearances supported throughout.
General Settings
Appearance, language, launch-at-login — the essentials, grouped together.
Break Schedules
Pick a preset or roll your own. Adjust intervals, durations, and snooze rules per break type.
Working Hours
Limit reminders to the hours you actually work. Outside that window, Tick Rest stays silent.
Windowed Reminders
Three sizes and a collapsed state. Choose the one that fits your workflow.
Full-screen · Gradient
A two-color gradient that fills every connected display, then fades when the break ends.
Full-screen · Image
Set any image as the break backdrop. Useful for prompts, breathing exercises, or a calm view.
Display Settings
Choose where reminders appear, on which monitors, and at what corner.
Break Statistics
Track how consistent you are with breaks, per day and per type. No stats exported, ever.
About Tick Rest
Version, license, and credits — exactly where you'd expect them.
Ready to take a break?
Install Tick Rest in seconds, then forget it's there — until it's time to look up.