Sit, stand, perch, and move on a rhythm from your menu bar
Standflow is a standing desk timer that lives in your Mac's menu bar. It guides you through a cycle of sitting, standing, perching on a tall stool, and short movement breaks, so you change posture often instead of sitting (or standing) all day. Start from a preset like Easy Start, based on the 20-8-2 guideline, or drag the cycle ring to build your own. Reminders can move on automatically or ask first. Track a daily standing goal and 7/30/90-day metrics. No account: your data stays on your Mac.
I bought my first standing desk a few years ago and ran into the same thing a lot of people do: the first week I stood for hours, my feet hurt, and then the desk stayed in sitting position for months. What actually helps isn't standing more, it's changing position often and adding a bit of movement. But when you're focused, you just forget.
So I built Standflow, a small native Mac app that lives in your menu bar and keeps the rhythm for you:
A full posture cycle: sitting, standing, and optional perching (half-sitting on a tall stool) and moving breaks, in the order you want
Presets to start fast: Easy Start (based on the 20-8-2 guideline), Balanced, and Posture Trio, or build your own
Reminders that respect your focus: start the next posture automatically, or have it ask first, with "a few more minutes" and "remind me in 5"
Daily standing goal right in the menu bar
Metrics for the last 7, 30, or 90 days: standing time, goal days, posture changes, and posture mix
Private: no account, no cloud, your history stays on your Mac
It works with any desk (electric, manual, or even a counter), on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 13+.
It's free right now. An iPhone version is on the way: when it ships, Standflow becomes a one-time purchase that includes both the Mac and iPhone apps, no subscription. If you download it now, it's yours.
I'd love your feedback: what would make it fit your workday better?
I'll be here all day answering questions. 🙌
About Standflow on Product Hunt
“Sit, stand, perch, and move on a rhythm from your menu bar”
Standflow launched on Product Hunt on November 7th, 2026 and earned 69 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #23 on the daily leaderboard. Standflow is a standing desk timer that lives in your Mac's menu bar. It guides you through a cycle of sitting, standing, perching on a tall stool, and short movement breaks, so you change posture often instead of sitting (or standing) all day. Start from a preset like Easy Start, based on the 20-8-2 guideline, or drag the cycle ring to build your own. Reminders can move on automatically or ask first. Track a daily standing goal and 7/30/90-day metrics. No account: your data stays on your Mac.
On the analytics side, Standflow competes within Mac, Health & Fitness and Productivity — topics that collectively have 852.7k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Standflow performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Standflow?
Standflow was hunted by Gonzalo F. Buszmicz. 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.
For a complete overview of Standflow including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Gonzalo F. Buszmicz
Hi Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Gonzalo, the maker of Standflow.
I bought my first standing desk a few years ago and ran into the same thing a lot of people do: the first week I stood for hours, my feet hurt, and then the desk stayed in sitting position for months. What actually helps isn't standing more, it's changing position often and adding a bit of movement. But when you're focused, you just forget.
So I built Standflow, a small native Mac app that lives in your menu bar and keeps the rhythm for you:
A full posture cycle: sitting, standing, and optional perching (half-sitting on a tall stool) and moving breaks, in the order you want
Presets to start fast: Easy Start (based on the 20-8-2 guideline), Balanced, and Posture Trio, or build your own
Reminders that respect your focus: start the next posture automatically, or have it ask first, with "a few more minutes" and "remind me in 5"
Daily standing goal right in the menu bar
Metrics for the last 7, 30, or 90 days: standing time, goal days, posture changes, and posture mix
Private: no account, no cloud, your history stays on your Mac
It works with any desk (electric, manual, or even a counter), on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 13+.
It's free right now. An iPhone version is on the way: when it ships, Standflow becomes a one-time purchase that includes both the Mac and iPhone apps, no subscription. If you download it now, it's yours.
I'd love your feedback: what would make it fit your workday better?
I'll be here all day answering questions. 🙌