A simple Timer app for Mac

Download here

Drag the blue arrow to set a timer. Release to start! Click to pause.

When the time is up, a notification will show up with a nice sound.

Create new timers with CMD+N.

Install as a brew cask via

brew install michaelvillar-timer

Inspired by the great Minutes widget from Nitram-nunca I've been using for years. But it wasn't maintained anymore (non-retina) + it was the only widget in my dashboard :)

Timer requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.

Build

make

Keyboard Shortcuts

Enter digits to set minutes. A decimal point specifies seconds so 2.34 is 2 minutes and 34 seconds.

Key	Action
backspace or escape	Edit timer
enter	Start or pause
cmd+n	New timer
r	Restart with last timer
+ or ↑	Add a minute
- or ↓	Subtract a minute
shift++ or shift+↑	Add 10 minutes
shift+- or shift+↓	Subtract 10 minutes