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TimerForge
Multiple Timer app
2 followers
Multiple Timer app
2 followers
The most advanced timer application for professionals. Multiple timers, custom sounds, beautiful themes. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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@andrew_dainty Nice app and congrats on the launch! How come you went with a downloadable app instead of something browser based? Is it using Electron to make it cross device compatible?
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@peterclaridge Thanks! Actually it's Python + PyQt6, not Electron. Went native because:
System tray/always-on-top behavior - browsers are janky with this. Needed reliable "stay visible while I work" without fighting tab management
Custom audio - loading MP3s and playing multiple sounds simultaneously is way cleaner with pygame than Web Audio API quirks
Offline by default - no "oops lost my timers because wifi dropped" situations
Resource usage - PyQt6 idles at like 15MB vs Electron's 150MB+ baseline. Matters when it's always running
Browser-based crossed my mind but every time I've used web timers I end up accidentally closing the tab or the notification permission breaks. Wanted something that just... works.
The cross-platform part is handled by PyInstaller - same Python codebase packages to native executables for each OS. Bit of a pain to set up initially but worth it. I'm currently porting to Android and Apple and I might do a web version in the future. I'm juggling multiple apps at the moment lol.
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@andrew_dainty That's really cool! I know that Electron has a bad rep for being a resource hog so was curious if you figured out a way around that. I'll have to research the Python route for multi-device compatibility because I've only been using Electron so far.