A simple yet effective Python tool to boost productivity by blocking distracting apps for a set duration.

• Block one or multiple apps by name (e.g., notepad.exe, chrome.exe)
• Custom duration: choose hours or minutes
• Terminates running instances of selected apps
• Keeps monitoring in the background and blocks app relaunches
• Lightweight and command-line based

• Python
• psutil

• The script prompts the user to input names of apps to block and a duration.
• It checks every 2 seconds if any of the selected apps are running.
• If found, it terminates the process.
• The process continues until the specified duration elapses.

pip install psutil

python focus_lock.py

Follow the on-screen prompts to enter:

1. App names (comma separated)
2. Duration format (minutes or hours)
3. Time to block the apps

MIT License

Built with ❤️ by Parmeet Singh Bhamrah