Retro Pomodoro by ch srikar

Retro Pomodoro is a visually striking, CRT-terminal-styled Pomodoro timer that lives right in your browser toolbar popup. Built with a distinctive 1980s retro terminal aesthetic, complete with scanlines, screen curvature, phosphor bloom, and self-hosted pixel typography.


• Authentic CRT Aesthetic: Scanlines, screen curvature, vignette, phosphor bloom, and subtle flicker.
• 3 Retro Themes: Toggle instantly between Phosphor Green (#39ff14), Amber CRT (#ffb000), and Synthwave Pink (#ff2e97).
• Accurate Background Timing: Powered by browser.alarms so your timer keeps counting accurately even when the popup is closed.
• Chiptune Audio: Built-in 8-bit sound cues (start/pause blips, session completion jingle) synthesized via Web Audio API, with a one-click mute toggle.
• Full Pomodoro Cycle: 25-min focus → 5-min short break → 4x cycle → 15-min long break. All durations fully configurable.
• Daily Counter: Tracks pomodoros completed today with automatic midnight reset.
• Task Label: Keep track of what you are currently working on.
• Toolbar Badge: Live remaining time display on extension toolbar icon.
• Accessibility: Full support for prefers-reduced-motion to disable flicker and scanline drift.
• Privacy First: Zero data collection. Works 100% offline with zero external network requests.