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Timekpr-nExT
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Stable and beta versions · Linux desktop application
Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- App blocking
- Yesgithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Application limits
- PlayTime can monitor selected applications or processes and terminate them when their configured allowance runs out.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Desktop compatibility
- The maintainer reports testing KDE, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, and XFCE across several Linux distributions, and says current testing is mostly on demand.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project lists packages or installation options for Ubuntu-compatible distributions, Arch Linux, Manjaro, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- The project says it uses systemd login1 and FreeDesktop DBus interfaces, and exposes its own DBus interfaces for compatible client applications or control panels.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The README warns that desktop environment differences can affect time accounting, locking, notifications, or session termination.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Lockout actions
- When a user's time runs out, configured actions include terminating or killing sessions, shutting down, or suspending the computer.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The maintainer says they are no longer proactively developing features or doing long-term testing on newer distributions, and will address issues as free time allows.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Users can configure time-left thresholds and notification priorities, and can adjust options such as sound notifications.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Timekpr-nExT helps parents, supervisors, or individuals manage and limit time spent at a computer.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Schedules
- Supervisors can set daily, weekly, and monthly allowances and define the hours when each user may use the computer.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Screen-time schedules
- Yesgithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Users are directed to Launchpad for bug reports and questions; the maintainer asks bug reports to include setup details and may request configuration and log files, which the README says contain usernames but nothing else sensitive.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Time accounting
- It accounts for computer usage every three seconds by default and tries not to count inactive sessions, sleep, or shutdown time.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
