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FocusBOX
A timer, task list, and notes on one screen. Nothing else.
Most focus apps compete by adding things. Focusbox does the opposite. One screen holds a countdown timer, a checkable task list, and a plain markdown notes doc, all visible at once with no tabs or modes, no streaks, and no productivity score. It's a local Tauri app: native, small, and fast.
I run a few small businesses on my own, mostly from random apartments in whatever timezone I'm in that month, and I kept bouncing between focus apps that wanted more from me than I wanted from them. Streaks to keep alive. A score to chase. A notes section that slowly turned into its own filing project. At some point I was spending more energy managing the tool than doing the actual work.
So I built the thing I actually wanted. One window: a timer, a task list, and a single markdown notes doc. That's it. Nothing tracking me. It's a local Tauri app, so it's small and fast.
The hard part was saying no. Every time I used it I'd think of something to add: tags, folders, a second notes tab, a little productivity graph. I cut almost all of it. If the app ever starts nagging you or trying to gamify your day, I've gotten it wrong.
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About FocusBOX on Product Hunt
“A timer, task list, and notes on one screen. Nothing else. ”
FocusBOX was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #48 on the daily leaderboard. Most focus apps compete by adding things. Focusbox does the opposite. One screen holds a countdown timer, a checkable task list, and a plain markdown notes doc, all visible at once with no tabs or modes, no streaks, and no productivity score. It's a local Tauri app: native, small, and fast.
FocusBOX was featured in Task Management (84.1k followers), Notes (8.3k followers) and Time Tracking (11.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 17k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted FocusBOX?
FocusBOX was hunted by Mathias Thuren. 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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