No Time For Caution

August 7, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

A GNOME Shell extension that displays a customizable countdown timer in the top panel. Perfect for tracking important deadlines, goals, or any time-sensitive events.

Features

  • Customizable Countdown: Set any target date and time
  • Flexible Time Units: Display in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds
  • Custom Text: Personalize the display text (e.g., "till millionaire")
  • Panel Integration: Clean integration with GNOME Shell's top panel
  • Real-time Updates: Updates every second for accurate countdown

Installation

From GNOME Extensions

Install from GNOME Shell extension page

From Source

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/ans-ibrahim/no-time-for-caution.git
cd no-time-for-caution

  2. Build and install:

    make install

  3. Restart GNOME Shell or log out and back in

Usage

Setting Up Your Countdown

  1. Open GNOME Extensions app or use gnome-extensions-app
  2. Find "No Time For Caution" and click the settings icon
  3. Configure your countdown:
    • Goal Time: Enter your target date and time (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm)
    • Time Unit: Choose how to display the countdown
    • Custom Text: Add your own text (e.g., "till billionaire")

Example Configurations

  • Career Goal: "1.2 Years till millionaire"
  • Vacation Countdown: "23 Days until vacation"
  • Project Deadline: "2.5 Weeks till project due"
  • Personal Goal: "180 Days till marathon"

Development

Prerequisites

  • GNOME Shell 45+
  • glib-compile-schemas
  • zip (for building)

Build Commands

make build     # Build extension and create zip package
make install   # Build and install to user directory
make uninstall # Remove from user directory
make clean     # Clean build artifacts
make help      # Show available commands

Configuration

The extension stores settings using GSettings with the following keys:

  • goal-time: Unix timestamp of target date/time
  • time-unit: Display unit (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • custom-text: Custom text to append after time value
  • indicator-position: Panel position (left, center, right)
  • indicator-index: Panel index for ordering

Troubleshooting

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.