... account just to run a 25 minute timer. I wanted something that just sat in the menu bar, stayed quiet, and did its job So that's what Breaks is. It cycles through work sessions and breaks, keeps a focusjournal, tracks your streak, fires local notifications, and supports global hotkeys so you never have to open a window mid-flow. No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Everything stays on your Mac. It's free and open source under ... ... annoying or demanding. My approach is: make it simple and unobtrusive that you dont have to "stick with it" , its there when you need it (when you cant