Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built FocusShield because every focus app I tried was "a timer with good intentions". I'd start a Pomodoro, get bored, open YouTube "for one minute", and the timer would keep ticking. So FocusShield is built around friction. Once a session starts: 🚫 Distracting websites stop resolving system-wide (hosts file + DNS-over-HTTPS blocked) 🛡 A tab guard closes YouTube tabs even through a proxy or VPN 🔒 Chosen apps get closed and chosen folders can't be opened 🎯 Wander away from your work apps and they come back to the front ⏳ Quitting early means waiting 10 seconds and typing a phrase Every session starts with an intention ("ship the onboarding flow") and ends with a check-in asking whether you did it. Breaks walk you through 4-7-8 breathing, the 20-20-20 eye rule and a stretch. It's free and open source, a single .exe, and all data stays on your machine. Optional webcam/screen check-ins are stored locally only. I'd love feedback, especially on how strict is too strict. 🙏

FocusShield

A strict focus timer for Windows that blocks distractions

A strict focus timer for Windows that blocks distractions