🛡 Focus Guard – block distracting websites and protect your focus

Add the sites that pull you away from your work – social media, news, video – and Focus Guard replaces them with a calm reminder page whenever you try to open them.

✅ Block distractions – Blocks a site and all its subdomains. Type it any way you like (a full web address, capital letters, *.example.com); Focus Guard cleans it up.
✅ Instant – Blocking a site also blocks tabs that are already open on it.
✅ Profiles – Separate blocklists for Work, Study or Evening, and switch in one click. Each device keeps its own active profile.
✅ Your reminder – Show your own image on the blocked page, or keep the default.
✅ Backup – Export your profiles to a file and import them in another browser.
✅ Comfortable – Dark mode that follows your system, and a manager you can use with the keyboard.

🔒 Private by design
• No accounts, no servers, no tracking, no ads.
• Focus Guard makes no network requests at all. This is enforced by its security policy and checked by automated tests.
• Your blocklists stay in your browser. If you use browser sync, your browser keeps them in sync across your devices through your own Google or Mozilla account. The developer never sees them.
• Privacy policy: https://github.com/engtomhat/focus-guard/blob/main/PRIVACY.md

About the permissions
• "Storage" saves your blocklists and settings.
• "Access browser activity during navigation" (Chrome calls it "Read your browsing history") lets Focus Guard see which site a tab is opening, so it can check it against your blocklist. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.

✨ New in 3.0
• Open tabs are blocked as soon as you add their site
• More room for domains in each profile
• Export and import your profiles
• Dark mode and keyboard-friendly manager
• Clear messages when a domain can't be added

Free and open source (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/engtomhat/focus-guard
Works in Chrome and other Chromium browsers, and in Firefo

Enjoying Focus Guard? You can support it at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tomhat ☕

🚀 Focus Guard v2.2.0 - Your Ultimate Productivity Companion

New to Focus Guard?
Transform your browsing experience with our powerful yet simple focus protection system:
✅ Block Distractions - Easily block social media, news sites, and other time-wasters
✅ Motivational Replacement - Customizable blocked pages with inspiring messages/images
✅ Simple Setup - Add sites in seconds through intuitive manager interface
✅ 100% Private - All data stored locally - we never see your blocked sites

What's New
- 🔄 Image Reset - Restore default motivational images with one click
- 🛡️ Enhanced Security - Complete overhaul of DOM manipulation methods
- 💬 New Blocked Page Messaging - More encouraging reminders
- 🎨 Redesigned Manager UI - Streamlined interface with tabs
- 📱 Mobile-Ready Design - Perfectly responsive on all devices
- 🖼️ Smart Image Handling - Automatic fallback to default graphics
- 🔒 Security enhancements

Why Existing Users Love It
- Safer Browsing: All new security protections (v1.4.1+)
- Better UX: Complete UI refresh (v1.4.2+)
- More Control: Manage custom graphics easily (v1.5.0)
- Improved Stability: 20+ reliability fixes

📥 Install Now to start protecting your focus today!
🔁 Update to enjoy these new features instantly

🚀 Focus Guard v2.1.0 - Your Ultimate Productivity Companion

New to Focus Guard?
Transform your browsing experience with our powerful yet simple focus protection system:
✅ Block Distractions - Easily block social media, news sites, and other time-wasters
✅ Motivational Replacement - Customizable blocked pages with inspiring messages/images
✅ Simple Setup - Add sites in seconds through intuitive manager interface
✅ 100% Private - All data stored locally - we never see your blocked sites

What's New
- 🔄 Image Reset - Restore default motivational images with one click
- 🛡️ Enhanced Security - Complete overhaul of DOM manipulation methods
- 💬 New Blocked Page Messaging - More encouraging reminders
- 🎨 Redesigned Manager UI - Streamlined interface with action buttons
- 📱 Mobile-Ready Design - Perfectly responsive on all devices
- 🖼️ Smart Image Handling - Automatic fallback to default graphics

Why Existing Users Love It
- Safer Browsing: All new security protections (v1.4.1+)
- Better UX: Complete UI refresh (v1.4.2+)
- More Control: Manage custom graphics easily (v1.5.0)
- Improved Stability: 20+ reliability fixes

📥 Install Now to start protecting your focus today!
🔁 Update to enjoy these new features instantly

🚀 Focus Guard v2.0.0 - Your Ultimate Productivity Companion

Transform your browsing experience with our powerful yet simple focus protection system:
✅ Block Distractions - Easily block social media, news sites, and other time-wasters
✅ Motivational Replacement - Customizable blocked pages with inspiring messages/images
✅ Simple Setup - Add sites in seconds through intuitive manager interface
✅ 100% Private - All data stored locally - we never see your blocked sites

What's New
🔹 Multiple Profiles - Create separate blocklists for work, study, etc.
🔹 Profile Management - Easily switch between different configurations
🔹 Visual Indicators - See active profile on blocked pages

📥 Install/Update Now to unlock these productivity-boosting features!

Maintain focus in style - update today!

Focus Guard v1.5.3 Release Notes

🚀 For First-Time Users

Focus Guard helps maintain productivity by:

✅ Blocking Distracting Sites
- Custom domain blocklist
- Automatic redirection to focus mode

✅ Visual Motivation
- Customizable blocked page
- Clean, minimalist interface

✅ Privacy-Focused
- Allows essential tracking paths
- Collects no user activity data

✨ What's New

• Added privacy disclaimer to documentation
• Improved handling of Facebook tracking requests (/tr/ paths)
• More transparent about what gets blocked