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FocusHacker
Complete focus system for MacOS
Timer + blocker + gamification in one native Mac app. Most focus tools do one thing—FocusHacker does all three, integrated. Your blocklist automatically locks down when focus starts (no "just one quick look"). You earn XP, build streaks, unlock levels. Inspired by HIIT training. Local data, zero cloud. Finally, a focus system instead of scattered apps.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 Tak here, the solo founder building FocusHacker. Why I built it: I work in product. My day is: Slack with design, GitHub with engineering, Analytics, Figma, email, back to Slack. I need to be at 3 places at once. But sometimes I need to actually focus on one thing. Deep work. Real thinking. So I'd turn on Do Not Disturb, fire up Forest, enable Freedom to block sites, check Streaks, open Calendar. Four apps. Four notification centers. Four different systems for one simple goal. The worst part? The real distractions weren't Instagram — they were email, Slack, "just checking GitHub." The productive-looking ones. Do Not Disturb doesn't stop the urge to open them anyway. It just hides the notifications. The psychological itch is still there. And my four apps still didn't talk to each other. My blocker didn't know when my timer started. My habit tracker didn't sync with my actual sessions. Then I realized: The fitness world solved this decades ago. A HIIT trainer integrates everything — the timer, the intensity, immediate feedback, visible progress, acknowledgement when you finish. Your body needs that feedback loop. Why should focus be different? We all have a fundamental need to be acknowledged for doing good work. Real acknowledgement. When you complete a hard focus session, you deserve to see it count. Deserve a level up. Deserve a visible streak. That's not fake gamification. That's human psychology working for you. I thought: Someone should bring the fitness world's approach to focus. Then I realized — maybe that was me. What FocusHacker is: FocusHacker is a native macOS app combining three things: 🔥 Guided Focus Sessions — Configurable Pomodoro sprints (25 min focus, 5 min rest by default). Countdown, audio coaching, clear interval transitions. 🚫 Automatic Blocking — Block your custom list of distracting apps and websites during focus sessions. Not just Instagram and Reddit — email, Slack, GitHub, metrics dashboards, whatever YOUR focus killers are. Automatically lifts during breaks. No "just one quick look" possible. ⚡ Gamification — Earn XP for completed sessions. Progress through levels (Beginner → Iron → Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Legend). Build weekly streaks. All three integrated into one native Mac experience. What I believe: Focus isn't a willpower problem. It's a system problem. The best systems remove friction, provide immediate feedback, celebrate progress, and acknowledge effort. That's how HIIT workouts build fitness. That's how FocusHacker builds focus habits. Every completed session is a win. Every level up is earned. Every streak is proof you showed up. People don't need shame or guilt. People need acknowledgement and progress they can see. Where we are: FocusHacker is coming out of closed beta with 10 early users who've helped shape the product. We're ready to expand the beta community and get real feedback from Product Hunt. Privacy (Built-in, not bolted-on): All data stays local on your Mac. No cloud sync. No tracking. Your focus habits are yours. For you: We're inviting Product Hunt to join the beta Help us shape the roadmap with real feedback Tell us what works, what breaks, what you actually need What I want to understand: What's your biggest distraction right now? What focus duration actually works for your brain? What would make you switch from whatever system you're using? What am I missing that you'd actually need? Thanks for being part of this journey.
About FocusHacker on Product Hunt
“Complete focus system for MacOS”
FocusHacker was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #149 on the daily leaderboard. Timer + blocker + gamification in one native Mac app. Most focus tools do one thing—FocusHacker does all three, integrated. Your blocklist automatically locks down when focus starts (no "just one quick look"). You earn XP, build streaks, unlock levels. Inspired by HIIT training. Local data, zero cloud. Finally, a focus system instead of scattered apps.
On the analytics side, FocusHacker competes within Mac, Productivity and School — topics that collectively have 759.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how FocusHacker performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted FocusHacker?
FocusHacker was hunted by Tak Cheung. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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