小海底

小海底

Grow a little reef with your focus time — each session grows the seagrass, and sometimes a fish drops by.

Little Reef only runs on Apple silicon Macs (M1 and later) for now — Intel Macs aren't supported yet.

Little Reef is Mac-only for now — there's no Windows version yet.

Little Reef is Mac-only for now — there's no Linux version yet.

This is a Mac app — open this page on your Mac to download it.

Recommended for Apple silicon. If your Mac has an Intel chip, it isn't supported yet.

Free & open sourcemacOS 12 or laterFor Apple silicon Macs20 ambient sounds

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You focus, the reef grows

25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break by default — change them if you like. Each session grows the seagrass a little, and every third adds a new plant. Once it's full it stops, so it never gets crowded.

Your reef on the left, the timer on the right. Space starts or pauses. 点击放大
Your reef on the left, the timer on the right. Space starts or pauses.

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Chance visitors, remembered

Your first session always brings a clownfish; after that each one has a one-in-three chance of a new visitor, kept in a log for good. You can feed the fish once per break.

Today's tally and the friends who've dropped by. 点击放大
Today's tally and the friends who've dropped by.

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20 ambient sounds

Waves, rain, campfire, café, wooden fish, Canon… pick one and set the volume; it loops without a seam. All the sounds come with the app, so no internet is needed.

海浪雨声雷雨溪流篝火森林夏夜咖啡馆木鱼卡农粉红噪音

Plays when focus starts, stops on pause or finish; muted during breaks by default. 点击放大
Plays when focus starts, stops on pause or finish; muted during breaks by default.

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A corner of your desktop

Shrink it to a small widget in the corner of your desktop with just the reef and the countdown, or tuck it into the menu bar, where a little fish swims while you focus. Press ⌘⇧A any time to bring it back.

Desktop widget mode. 点击放大
Desktop widget mode.

No pressure, ever

It just keeps you company while you focus — no nagging, no penalties, and your records stay on your own Mac.

Nothing dies

Stop halfway or walk away — no fish dies and nothing you've grown is lost. Ending early still records how long you focused; it just doesn't count toward growth.

Sleep doesn't count

When your Mac goes to sleep, the timer pauses — that time isn't counted as focus.

No sudden sounds

It never starts making sound on its own, not even on first launch. With sound off, you still get a message and a notification when a session ends.

Your records stay on your Mac

Your focus history and visitor log are saved on your own computer. No account, nothing uploaded.

Keeps going when the window's closed

Tuck the window into the menu bar or the widget — the timer and sound keep running.

View the source on GitHub Free and open source. The ambient sounds are public-domain recordings, each one credited on GitHub.