screenyourscreen

on-device · your browsing stays on your machine

Block distractions,
not websites.

Set clear goals. ScreenYourScreen reads and judges whether the page you're on meets them. Even if both are on Reddit or YouTube.

Runs entirely on-device. Your browsing stays on your machine.

Get the extension → View on GitHub ↗

Early access · Chrome 138+

Intelligent blocking.

Content-aware blocking means staying productive on distracting sites. Watch coding tutorials on YouTube without going down the rabbit hole.

live decision log

      Enforce deliberate browsing.

      When a page pulls you away from what you meant to do, ScreenYourScreen stops the scroll and puts a little friction between impulse and action. Choose to leave, continue deliberately, or explain why this one matters.

      See the decision.
      And how your day is going.

      The toolbar shows how ScreenYourScreen sees the current page, why it made the call, your progress toward the next pass, and the decisions it made recently.

      See alignment,
      not screen time.

      Screen time tells you how long you looked at a screen, not whether the time served what you meant to do. Two hours on YouTube is focused learning or it's Shorts. The dashboard keeps the distinction.

      Every page is scored against your goals — on-device, nothing leaves your machine. A fascinating but off-goal rabbit hole counts as curiosity, not work.

      01 · Today · 3h 48m · 61 tab opens · 4m avg/tab

      Today's usage

      Productive 2h 31m Neutral 42m Distracting 35m

      By category

      core work1h 52m
      learning39m
      admin life22m
      curiosity19m
      social16m

      Top sites

      github.com74m · 11× · 7m avg
      localhost:300038m · 9× · 4m avg
      developer.mozilla.org22m · 6× · 4m avg
      news.ycombinator.com19m · 12× · 2m avg
      youtube.com16m · 5× · 3m avg
      02 · History DayWeekMonth

      ‹Aug 30 – Sep 5›

      Avg alignment61
      Productive2h 38m
      Resist rate64%

      SMTWTFS

      Focus impact

      Blocks shown14
      Backed off9 · 64%
      Bypassed5
      03 · Focus impact · last 30 days

      Did the block change your behavior?

      Backing off — closing the tab or leaving — is a win; bypassing is a leak.

      Blocks shown14
      Backed off (closed / left)9 · 64%
      Bypassed5
      — spent a credit3
      — free continue2
      Pleas (granted / denied)2 / 6

      04 Goals & lists · 05 Schedule · 06 Model · 07 Feedback · 08 Data & privacy

      01 · Today
      See which parts of your browsing served your intentions — and which didn't.
      02 · History
      See whether your attention is getting more aligned over days and weeks.
      03 · Impact
      See whether interruptions actually changed your behavior.

      Drift starts on a page
      you were right to open.

      Both afternoons start on a subreddit you'd defend in a code review. Neither ends there.

      Without7 hops
      1. 13:52

        r/cscareerquestions · on goal

        how to practise system design

      2. 14:04

        r/cscareerquestions · salary megathread

        same subreddit, different page

      3. 14:09

        r/all

        "just for a second"

      4. 14:13

        r/mildlyinteresting

        from the sidebar

      5. 14:24

        youtube.com · watch

        linked in a comment

      6. 14:41

        youtube.com · recommended

        ×3

      7. 15:17

        back to r/all

        the loop closes

      73minutes off goal · nothing decided
      With3 hops
      1. 13:52

        r/cscareerquestions · allowed, silently

        no banner — you never learn it was checked

      2. 14:04

        blocked · salary megathread

        Same subreddit as twelve minutes ago. Different page, different answer.

      3. 14:05

        justified

        evaluating competing offers for Acme Corp

      4. 14:09

        r/all

        "just for a second"

      5. 14:09

        blocked · 20s

        You let it close the tab.

      6. 14:10

        back to the tab you left

        system design primer, still open

      7. 15:17

        postgresql.org/docs

        where you were headed anyway

      6minutes off goal · two decisions, 40 seconds

      Built for people who already tried a blocker

      You don't need less internet.
      You need fewer accidental hours.

      Keep the useful parts of YouTube, Reddit, X, Hacker News, and the rest of the web. ScreenYourScreen steps in when what you're doing stops matching what you meant to do.

      Get ScreenYourScreen → View source on GitHub ↗

      Free and open source · Chrome 138+ · installs from GitHub