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Eye Care Software

Taline – eye-care break reminder

October 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Taline is an eye-care application with configurable break reminders, countdowns, notifications and support for the 20-20-20 rule.

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Blink – configurable break reminder

October 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Blink is a configurable break reminder with multiple timers, desktop notifications, optional sounds, commands and input activity tracking.

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Eye Care: Best Free Linux Software to Look after your Eyes

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Scientific

Look after your eyes with this free and open source software.

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wlsunset – adjusts display color temperature on Wayland compositors

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

wlsunset adjusts display color temperature on Wayland compositors that support the wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1 protocol.

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Eye Care Software

Gammastep – adjust the color temperature of your screen

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Gammastep adjusts the color temperature of your display according to the time of day, your location, or a manually defined schedule.

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sunsetr – automatic blue-light filter

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

sunsetr is a blue-light filter for Wayland to reduce eye strain by shifting displays from neutral daylight tones to warmer evening settings.

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eyerest – remind your eyes to take a screen break

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

eyerest is a Bash script to remind your eyes to have a little break from the screen. Set time interval and notifications via text files.

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Eye Care Software

Sane Break – gentle break reminders that respect your workflow

September 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Sane Break encourages natural pauses using gentle reminders, full-screen breaks, idle monitoring and adjustable work-rest behaviour.

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Eye Care Software

Stretch Break – desktop reminders for regular screen breaks

June 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Stretch Break provides regular rest reminders with idle detection, reading mode, a GNOME extension and terminal controls for Linux.

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ZenBreak – customisable desktop break reminder

March 14, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

ZenBreak provides customisable desktop break reminders, including notification styles, snooze controls, colours and break messages.

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BreakTimer – manage periodic breaks from computer use

March 14, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

BreakTimer schedules custom screen breaks with full-screen reminders, working hours, snooze options and idle detection on Linux.

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Eye Care Software

Workrave – break reminders and computer usage monitoring

February 20, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Workrave helps manage computer use with microbreaks, rest periods, daily time limits, usage statistics and configurable reminders.

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Eye Care Software

RSIBreak – KDE utility for taking regular computer breaks

February 20, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

RSIBreak is a KDE break reminder with short and long breaks, configurable screens, activity monitoring, statistics and D-Bus controls.

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Eye Care Software

f.lux – care for your eyes

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

f.lux makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

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Eye Care Software

Desktop Dimmer – darker-than-dark dimming for screens

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Desktop Dimmer enables darker-than-dark dimming for internal and external screens.

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Eye Care Software

Redshift – alter the color temperature of your screen

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Redshift is software that adjusts the computer display’s color temperature based upon the time of day. The program seeks to reduce eye strain as well as insomnia.

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Clight – automatically adjust screen brightness and colour temperature

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

Clight automatically adjusts Linux display brightness using a webcam or light sensor, with screen dimming and colour-temperature controls.

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