Workrave – a program to break

Workrave – a program to remind you to take a break and perform physical exercises to maintain your health

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It is possible to set different time intervals (timers) for work and rest:

microbreaks: small breaks over a certain period of time (by default: every 3 minutes of operation with a break of 30 seconds);
rest break: by default, every 45 minutes with a 10-minute break;
daily limit: limit on the total amount of work time per day.

You can configure each timer:

additional settings for the “Rest Break” timer:

additional settings for the “Daily Limit” timer:

You can choose the lock mode:

You have the option to customize the notification sound:

You can enable/disable the display of the window with timers on the screen and choose which timers to show;
The exercises are accompanied by illustrations and descriptions.

The software Workrave is available for installation on Linux and Windows.

Installation method	OS
PPA	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Deb	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
RPM	openSUSE, Rosa Linux, Mageia, ALT Linux, Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and others
EXE	Windows

*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rob-caelers/workrave
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install workrave

Install Software via Deb package

Install Software via RPM package

Install Software via EXE package on Windows

Language Interface:	English, Russian, Deutsch, Spanish, French and others
Description version:	1.10.44
Developer:	Rob Caelers, Raymond Penners
Programming language:	C++, С
License:	GPL v3
Software website:	workrave.org