-- Plan your work and execute it.
Flowkeeper is a Pomodoro Technique desktop timer for power users and professional teams. It is a simple tool, which focuses on doing one thing well. It is Free Software with open source.
Some of our favorite features.
Organize your work items in backlogs. You can create daily backlogs, todo lists, reminders, ...
Flowkeeper's colorful progress indicator in system tray is instantly recognizable in a workspace.
Flowkeeper can store its data in plaintext files, which you can copy, backup and edit yourself, if necessary. It can also monitor those files for changes, so that you can easily sync your work across computers if you store this file in OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. This is the default mode.
Host your own private Flowkeeper Server to synchronize your work between all your devices in real time.
Use flowkeeper.org (BETA) to synchronize your work between all your devices in real time. You can register and authenticate with your Google credentials, or request a new ad-hoc account.
Flowkeeper is designed around Event Sourcing pattern, which means that every event or action is logged for the future analysis.
You can use all Flowkeeper features without ever touching the mouse. The hotkeys are intuitive and configurable.
Flowkeeper ticks and dings just like a real kitchen times. In addition to that, you can configure some melody to play while you should be resting -- this quickly creates a strong reflex to take a pause.
Flowkeeper supports three UI themes -- Dark, Light and Mixed (default). Most of the screenshots on this website use the Mixed theme.
You can customize Flowkeeper look and feel, including window layout, background and fonts.
Flowkeeper runs on Windows 10 and 11, on macOS (x86 and ARM) and on any modern Linux which supports Qt6.
Flowkeeper.org (this website) also provides a web UI (try app.flowkeeper.org), which allows accessing Flowkeeper from your mobile phone, for example. This site is in its early BETA mode. Its functionality is severely limited, and its quality is nowhere near as good as the desktop client... yet.
We build Flowkeeper automatically thanks to GitHub Pipelines. Flowkeeper is Open Source software, so you can build it from source yourself. You can also find previous releases in GitHub.
Unlike other timers on the market, Flowkeeper is designed to be: a). Free Software; b). Cross-platform; b). Work in a professional environment, i.e. on the Desktop. It is not just a Pomodoro timer, but a robust and open work tracking platform.
Compared on XYZ, Flowkeeper likely: a). Supports other desktop OS better; b). Is more lightweight and performant; c). Is optimized for usability (keyboard shortcuts and advanced configuration); d). Is free as Freedom;
Yes, it is totally free, and is distributed under the terms of GPL license, similar to Linux Kernel or Git.
We take user privacy seriously. Unless you synchronize your data via flowkeeper.org, Flowkeeper won't send any usage or other data anywhere. You might have noticed that this site doesn't have a Cookies banner -- it's because we don't use cookies for tracking you. When you use Offline mode, your data is stored in plaintext, unencrypted files on disk. You can see the filename in Settings and inspect its contents.
File an Issue on our GitHub page: https://github.com/flowkeeper-org/fk-desktop/issues.
There are two options. First of all, you can synchronize data using Flowkeeper Server, which you can host yourself or rely on the one running at flowkeeper.org. Alternatively, you can use the default file-based data backend and synchronize the data file via the likes of Dropbox, OneDrive or rclone. And if you enable "Watch changes" option, you can synchronize Flokkeeper events across all your devices in near real-time.
At the moment there's no mobile version, but it can be created thanks to "Qt for Android" project. We will work on it once the desktop version is fully stable. AFAIK there's no PySide6 toolchain for iOS yet. Alternatively, you can try using the web client deployed at app.flowkeeper.org. It is in a very early BETA stage and has more limitations and bugs than features. We are actively improving it, but as for now we cannot recommend using it as-is. If you feel brave though -- try to login with your Google account -- this will create a new flowkeeper.org user record for you automatically.
As a general rule, you should never run programs that you downloaded from Internet (just like you do with Flowkeeper). Whether you trust this one or not is your personal choice. If you don't feel safe, you are welcome to compile your own version of Flowkeeper -- it's easy and is documented on our GitHub project page at https://github.com/flowkeeper-org/fk-desktop/. In the meantime we are working on distributing Flowkeeper through more trustworthy channels, i.e. Windows Store, Apple App Store, Flatpak, etc. The first item on our agenda is getting our executables and installers signed using a trusted certificate.