Focusly
Focusly is a free desktop focus tool for tracking time in applications and supported websites, setting daily limits, running focus sessions, and blocking dis…
What Focusly is
Focusly is a free desktop focus tool for tracking time in applications and supported websites, setting daily limits, running focus sessions, and blocking distractions. Its 25-minute Pomodoro sessions include focus-day and streak tracking. Users can schedule blocking for work hours or wind-down periods, choose soft warnings or optional hard termination, and override blocks with one click. Focusly reads the foreground application and supported browser address-bar URL, but not keystrokes, clipboard contents, screenshots, or file contents. Usage history, schedules, and sessions are saved in a SQLite file on the user's device. The app has no account system, login, cloud sync, analytics, or telemetry, and the desktop application works offline. Focusly runs on Windows 10 and 11 and macOS 11 Big Sur or later. Its optional Chrome extension redirects blocked sites to a local page and requires the desktop app to be running; network access is needed for that extension. The full source is available under the MIT license.
Good
- Free plan includes all features
- Desktop app works offline
- Stores usage data on the user's device
- Does not read keystrokes or clipboard contents
- Supports scheduled blocks and one-click overrides
Watch out
- Chrome extension requires the desktop app to run
- Extension requires network access
- Windows website blocking uses the system hosts file
Who it suits
Focusly suits people who want local tracking, scheduled blocking, and focus sessions without an account or cloud sync. It is available for Windows and macOS, with an optional Chrome extension.
Verdict
Focusly combines time tracking, focus sessions, and blocking with local data storage and offline desktop use. The Chrome extension depends on the desktop app, so consider whether that setup suits your browsing workflow.
Plans and prices
From Focusly's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | all features · works offline · no account · no feature paywall · Free, forever |
The facts
Each one read from Focusly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounts
- Focusly has no account system, login, cloud sync, analytics, or telemetry.checked 30 Sep 2026
- API and SDKs
- The homepage does not describe a public API, SDK, webhook interface or developer integration surface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Blocking
- Focusly provides soft warnings and optional hard termination, with one-click overrides available.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Chrome extension behavior
- The extension redirects blocked sites to a local block page in the same Chrome tab without opening a new window.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension dependency
- The Focusly Blocker extension requires the Focusly desktop application to be running.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension privacy disclosure
- The Chrome Web Store developer declaration says the extension does not collect, sell or transfer user data for unrelated purposes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension size
- The Chrome Web Store lists the extension size as 31.9 KiB.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension update
- The Chrome Web Store listing says it was updated on August 28, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension version
- The listed Focusly Blocker version is 1.1.1.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extension data handling
- The extension is described as reading only URLs and not page contents, cookies, passwords, screenshots, keystrokes or browsing history.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Focus sessions
- Focus sessions use a 25-minute Pomodoro timer with pausing, ending and focus-day streak tracking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- No third-party integrations are listed on the product homepage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The source is published under the MIT licence.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- Focusly's full source is available on GitHub under the MIT license.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Limit: desktop-only coverage
- The maker lists Windows and macOS desktop support, with no phone application listed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: documentation
- The homepage links to GitHub source, architecture and roadmap materials, but the linked repository pages returned 404 or unavailable responses when opened.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: extension availability
- Browser blocking is optional and depends on the separate Chromium extension plus the running desktop app.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Local storage
- Usage history, schedules and sessions are stored in a local SQLite database that users can back up, move or delete.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Offline operation
- The desktop application is designed to work fully offline; only the optional browser extension needs network access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- The main desktop app works fully offline; network access is only needed for the optional Chromium extension.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Overrides
- Users can override a block for five minutes, 15 minutes, one hour or permanently.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- The Focusly Blocker Chrome extension redirects blocked sites to a local block page and requires the desktop app to be running.checked 30 Sep 2026
- macOS support
- The macOS build supports macOS 11 Big Sur and later on Intel and Apple Silicon.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker identity
- The site footer identifies the project as built by Focusly contributors.checked 15 Oct 2026
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