Build Your Focus: Productivity Timer Chrome Extension ⏳

Hey DEV community! 👋

I recently built a Productivity Timer Chrome Extension, a lightweight, clean, and persistent Pomodoro-style timer designed to help you stay focused, even when you close the popup or restart your browser.
Additionally, it also runs on ignition mode. Isn't that cool?

🔗 Check it out on GitHub

🎯 What It Does

Sometimes, a simple timer is all you need to lock in and beat procrastination. This extension is:

• 🛠️ Customizable: Set your own timer duration
• 🎮 Fully controllable: Start, Pause, Resume, Reset, your rules
• 🧠 Persistent: Keeps ticking even when the popup closes or Chrome restarts
• 🔔 Notifies you: Desktop alerts & in-app toasts for every action
• 📜 Session history: Tracks your last 10 focus rounds

🧪 Features at a Glance

• ✅ Set your desired time (default: 25 mins)
• ✅ Works in the background (thanks to background.js + alarms)
• ✅ Toast & desktop notifications keep you in the loop
• ✅ Last 10 sessions stored using Chrome's storage API
• ✅ Smooth, modern UI built with HTML, CSS, JS

📦 How To Install

1. Clone the repo:
   
   git clone https://github.com/KelvinCode1234/Productivity-Timer

2. Visit:
   
   chrome://extensions/

3. Enable Developer Mode

4. Click Load Unpacked and select the project folder

5. Done! You’ll see the timer icon in your Chrome toolbar 🧭

UI Sneak Peek

🗂️ Tech Breakdown

Here's what powers it:

• popup.html: Timer interface
• popup.js: UI logic + background messaging
• background.js: Alarm + persistent timer
• popup.css: Clean minimal styles
• manifest.json: Chrome manifest v3

⚙️ Permissions Used

• notifications: To ping you when time’s up
• storage: To save your sessions + timer state
• alarms: To run seamlessly in the background

📜 License

Open-source and MIT licensed! Fork it, tweak it, or contribute 🙌

👉 GitHub Repo

🤔 Why I Built This

As a dev constantly switching tabs, I needed something that wouldn't quit on me once I closed a popup.

So I built one myself: persistent, stylish, and to the point.

💬 Let’s Talk

Would love your thoughts, stars ⭐, or suggestions in the comments.

Let’s stay focused and build cool stuff!

— Precious Kelvin.N