Breva turns your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide. Choose a breathing pattern, set a session length, and follow a soft expanding orb with optional audio and haptic cues. It works locally, needs no account, and helps you take short reset breaks without reaching for your phone.
I built Breva because I wanted a tiny reset ritual that lived on my Mac instead of my phone.
Most breathing apps pull me into a separate device, a subscription funnel, or a full meditation experience. I wanted the opposite: fewer features, less ceremony, and a quick way to reset from the Mac I’m already using. Breva is intentionally smaller: pick a rhythm, choose 3, 5, 10 minutes, or unlimited, and follow the orb, tones, and trackpad taps.
The unusual part is the haptic guidance. If your Mac trackpad supports it, Breva can quietly tap the breathing rhythm under your fingers, which makes it easier to follow without staring at the screen.
What is in this first version: - Coherent, Easy Calm, Balanced, Calm, Box, and 4-7-8 Sleep patterns - 3, 5, 10 minute, and unlimited sessions - Visual, audio, and trackpad haptic cues - Menu bar quick actions - Local session history and preferences - No account required - Oh, and it's free :)
I would love feedback on two things: - Which breathing pattern feels most useful during the workday? - Does the trackpad haptic guidance make the session easier to follow?
does this work with an external Magic Trackpad too, or is it built-in-trackpad only? a lot of desktop Mac setups don't have a haptic trackpad plugged in by default so curious how you're handling that gap.
Brilliant idea. Hate how much I grab for my phone when I need a brain break. Great alternative.
the haptic tap idea is genuinely clever, using hardware that's already there instead of another screen to stare at. curious about interruptions though - if a Slack ping or calendar alert fires mid-session does the orb just keep going underneath it, or does it pause/reset? the whole point of a reset break is not getting yanked back into work mid-breath, so how it handles that matters more than the pattern selection imo.
this idea is great! as someone that's always had a passion for mindfulness, it's cool to see an app like this. would you ever consider a mobile app? i know the app uses a trackpad but it would be convenient to have a mobile equivalent as well. great work!
Congratulations on the launch! Keeping the reset on the Mac rather than the phone is a smart choice since the phone is usually the thing you're trying to step away from. What I'd be curious about is whether people actually come back to it on a stressful day, or whether it slips into the background once the novelty passes.
The trackpad haptics as a breathing pacer is such a clever use of hardware that's just sitting there — eyes-free guidance is exactly what's missing in most breathing apps, you either stare at an orb or you're lost. Did you run into limits with the Taptic Engine on the slower patterns like 4-7-8, or does it handle long holds fine? Local-only and no account is a great call btw — building in the health space myself and I'm convinced that's the right default for anything body-related.
The expanding orb is such a nice touch, way more intuitive than those rigid square timers I've tried before. Appreciate that it all runs locally too, no account or signup friction.
love that the orb actually responds to your finger on the trackpad instead of just playing a generic animation. running everything locally with zero setup is a really thoughtful touch for something meant for quick resets.
About Breva on Product Hunt
“Turn your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide”
Breva launched on Product Hunt on July 14th, 2026 and earned 101 upvotes and 20 comments, placing #13 on the daily leaderboard. Breva turns your Mac trackpad into a gentle breathing guide. Choose a breathing pattern, set a session length, and follow a soft expanding orb with optional audio and haptic cues. It works locally, needs no account, and helps you take short reset breaks without reaching for your phone.
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Hey Product Hunt,
I built Breva because I wanted a tiny reset ritual that lived on my Mac instead of my phone.
Most breathing apps pull me into a separate device, a subscription funnel, or a full meditation experience. I wanted the opposite: fewer features, less ceremony, and a quick way to reset from the Mac I’m already using. Breva is intentionally smaller: pick a rhythm, choose 3, 5, 10 minutes, or unlimited, and follow the orb, tones, and trackpad taps.
The unusual part is the haptic guidance. If your Mac trackpad supports it, Breva can quietly tap the breathing rhythm under your fingers, which makes it easier to follow without staring at the screen.
What is in this first version:
- Coherent, Easy Calm, Balanced, Calm, Box, and 4-7-8 Sleep patterns
- 3, 5, 10 minute, and unlimited sessions
- Visual, audio, and trackpad haptic cues
- Menu bar quick actions
- Local session history and preferences
- No account required
- Oh, and it's free :)
I would love feedback on two things:
- Which breathing pattern feels most useful during the workday?
- Does the trackpad haptic guidance make the session easier to follow?
Thanks for taking a look.