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Tuesday.

You haven't moved in 2 hours.

Your eyes haven't left the screen.

Your last glass of water was at noon.

Something needs to change.

Meet PauseCat.

An open-source break reminder for Windows.
Quiet, precise, and shaped like a cat.

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v1.1.2 Latest

Windows 10 / 11 | Apache 2.0 | < 2.5 MB

Download for Windows

Built in Rust. Under 2.5 MB. Always watching.

Windows Apache 2.0 v1.1.2

PAUSE

Breathe In...

01:58

You've worked for 1 hour

Hardware-accelerated. Fullscreen.
This is the actual PauseCat experience.

Overlay Style

Video Volume

Break Mode

Bubble UI

Size

Opacity

Mirroring %AppData%\PauseCat\config.json

HOW IT WORKS

"Dead simple to set up."

STEP 01

One MSI. That's it.

Download PauseCat_Installer.msi. WiX handles WebView2 and registers autostart.

STEP 02

Right-click. Settings.

Set intervals (1 min – 4 hours), break duration, and mode. Every setting has live preview.

STEP 03

Work. Break. Repeat.

GDI capture → Rust blur → WebView2 overlay. Timer pauses automatically on screen lock.

"Finally, a break app that doesn't feel like malware."

"I actually look forward to taking breaks now."

"Under 2.5MB and built in Rust. Perfect."

APACHE 2.0

Built in Rust. Fully Open.

OVERLAY ENGINE

GDI Blur

Win32 GDI BitBlt capture, blurred via a pure Rust Gaussian implementation. Zero flicker.

HARDWARE UI

WebView2 Overlay

Hardware accelerated Chromium engine.

SESSION AWARE

Intelligent Timer

WTS lock → pause. Wake → resume.

pausecat — PowerShell

Your next break is overdue.

Free. Open source. Running on Windows machines that need it.

Download for Windows View on GitHub

Built with and by @0xarchit

v1.1.2 · < 2.5 MB