Droplet

April 25, 2026 · View on GitHub

A beautiful, feature-rich Pomodoro timer and focus tool for macOS. Built purely with Swift and SwiftUI, Droplet lives seamlessly in your menu bar and is designed to eliminate distractions while keeping you in the flow.

Normal Mode

Detailed Mode

Progress Tracking

Goal Tracker	Set Goal

Features

Core Productivity

Detailed View & Task Management: View your timer and tasks side-by-side. Create tasks, assign sessions, and track your history.
Mini-Floater Mode: A compact, pill-shaped window that floats above your workspace for minimal distraction.
Infinity Mode: Enter a flow state and work without a time limit.
20-20-20 Rule (Eye Health): Automatically blurs your screens every 20 minutes with a gentle reminder to rest your eyes.
Goal Tracker: Set daily goals and track your progress with in-app weekly bar charts.
Fullscreen Focus Mode: Block out all distractions with a completely borderless fullscreen timer.

Customization & Audio

15 Beautiful Themes: Choose from carefully curated color palettes (Dark, Light, Noir, Velvet, Plum, Navy, Teal, Emerald, etc.) to match your setup.
Immersive Sounds: Built-in high-quality ambient sounds (Rain, Forest, Train, Library) with seamless looping, plus the ability to import custom MP3s.
Music Controls: Full integration with Spotify and Apple Music directly from the timer view. Auto-pauses sounds when the timer is paused.
Granular Settings: Customize work/break durations, add your own workflow intervals, and tweak typography sizes and weights.

Native macOS Integration

Menu Bar Foundation: Lives in your menu bar without cluttering your dock. Includes a live countdown option directly in the status bar.
Interactive UI: Double-click to reset, click to pause/play, and right-click the menu icon for quick actions.
Always on Top: Keeps the timer visible above all other windows.
Launch at Login: Start automatically with macOS.

Installation

Download Latest Release

Download Droplet

Download droplet-installer.dmg from the latest release.
Open the DMG.
Drag droplet to your Applications folder.
Run the following command in your terminal to clear quarantine attributes: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/droplet.app/
Launch from Applications or Spotlight.

Important

macOS Security Warning Since this app is not notarized with Apple, macOS will show: "Apple could not verify droplet is free of malware"

To open the app (choose one):

Right-click (or Control+click) the app -> click Open -> click Open again
Or go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> scroll down -> click Open Anyway

This is a one-time approval; the app will open normally after that.

Note

Music Control Permissions When you first use the music controls, macOS will ask: "Droplet wants to control Spotify/Music". Click OK to allow Droplet to control your active music application.

Building from Source

Droplet uses xcodegen to manage its Xcode project file.

Requirements:

macOS 13.0+
Swift 5.9+
XcodeGen

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/fikretkdincer/droplet.git
cd droplet

# Generate the Xcode project
xcodegen

# Build the project
xcodebuild -project Droplet.xcodeproj -scheme Droplet -configuration Release build

# Or use the provided script to build and create a DMG
./create-dmg.sh

Usage Shortcuts

Action	Effect
Click Menu Bar Icon	Toggle window visibility
Right-Click Menu Bar Icon	Open Quick Actions & Settings
Click Timer	Start/Pause timer
Double-Click Timer	Reset current session

License

MIT License - feel free to use and modify.