# mater

**Repository Path**: mirrors_jasonlong/mater

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: mater
- **Description**: 🍅 A simple menubar Pomodoro app
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-01-06
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-10

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

<p align="center">
  <img src="app-icon.png" width="128" alt="Mater app icon">
  <h3 align="center">Mater</h3>
  <p align="center">A minimal Pomodoro timer that lives in your macOS menu bar.</p>
  <p align="center">
    <a href="https://github.com/jasonlong/mater/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/jasonlong/mater.svg" alt="GitHub release"></a>
    <img src="https://github.com/jasonlong/mater/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg" alt="CI">
  </p>
</p>

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<img src="screenshot.png?v=2" width="322" alt="Mater screenshot">

**As of version 3, Mater is now macOS-only and is now written in Swift.**

### Features

- Small unobtrusive menubar UI
- Time ruler can be dragged in either direction while running to adjust time
- Configurable work and break durations
- Menubar icon counts down minutes remaining
- Keyboard shortcuts: spacebar to play/pause, escape to dismiss
- Sound effects (by [snd.dev](https://snd.dev)) for winding and button clicks can be turned off

### Installation

#### Homebrew

```
brew tap jasonlong/tap
brew install jasonlong/tap/mater
```

#### Manual

Download the latest `.zip` from [Releases](https://github.com/jasonlong/mater/releases), unzip, and drag Mater to Applications.

### What's with the name?

I'm a Pixar fan and Mater is awesome. ["Like Ta-mater without the ta"](https://youtu.be/MJm8vNTasMg?t=25s). Get it?

<img src="mater-truck.png" width="100" alt="Mater truck">