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Intent is a soft-block focus app for Mac. Name what you're here to do, and it builds an allow-list around that intent. Drift off and a gentle overlay asks you to choose, no hard lockouts. Each session ends with a quick reflection. Local-first and private.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Kavin, and I built Intent because every focus app I tried treated me like a prisoner.
Freedom, Cold Turkey, the rest, they hard-block. You hit a wall, get annoyed, and either rage-quit the session or find a workaround. None of it made me more honest with myself.
Intent works differently. You tell it what you're actually here to do ("review the design doc, reply to Ben"), and it builds an allow-list around that. If you drift, there's no wall, just a soft overlay that asks: is this part of the work, or did it pull you away? You decide. Every session ends with a 20-second reflection.
It's Mac-native and local-first (your intent and reflection text never leave your machine).
Free tier gives you 2 sessions a day. Pro unlocks unlimited sessions, custom allow-lists, and saved modes.
Would love your honest feedback, especially on the core idea: does nudging beat blocking for you?
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About Intent on Product Hunt
“Focus by intention, not by force”
Intent was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #159 on the daily leaderboard. Intent is a soft-block focus app for Mac. Name what you're here to do, and it builds an allow-list around that intent. Drift off and a gentle overlay asks you to choose, no hard lockouts. Each session ends with a quick reflection. Local-first and private.
Intent was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (652.1k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (469k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 236.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Intent?
Intent was hunted by Kavin Venkat. 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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