Fokasu BETA

How Blocking Works

Enable Blocking

Step 1 · Extension

Install Fokasu extension from here.

Incognito access lets Fokasu enforce your block there too. Your website data stays inside your browser and is used only for blocking.

Chrome Web Store page for the Fokasu extension

Step 2 · Focus goal

Open the Fokasu desktop application and click the lock icon.

Click the lock icon in the header (beside the online status information) to begin setting up your focus goal.

Fokasu dashboard with the focus lock in the header highlighted

Step 2 · Focus settings

Set your focus time.

Choose how long you want to focus. If this is your first run, try a one-minute commitment to learn the flow.

Focus Lock dialog for setting the focus goal and break reward percentage

Step 3 · Lock active

The sidebar shows that your lock is running.

The progress bar begins at zero and grows as completed todo time counts toward your focus goal.

Active focus lock with its progress bar highlighted in the sidebar

Step 4 · Block list

Add the websites you want out of reach.

Open Block from the sidebar, enter a website or keyword, then select the plus button. For example, reddit.com blocks Reddit.

Fokasu block list with reddit.com added

Step 4 · Applications

Block distracting desktop applications too.

Open the Applications tab, search your installed applications, then select the checkbox beside each application you want Fokasu to block.

Fokasu Applications block list showing installed desktop applications that can be selected for blocking

Step 5 · Try it

Open the site. Fokasu stops it.

The block page confirms that your focus session is active. Even if you quit Fokasu or restart your computer, the block remains enforced.

Fokasu page confirming that reddit.com is blocked during an active focus session

Disable Blocking

Step 6 · Create a todo

Give the todo an estimated focus time.

Create a todo from the sidebar's Create button or shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T.

Create Todo dialog with a one-minute estimated time

Step 6 · Earn progress

Complete the todo to advance your focus goal.

Start the todo and finish its focused time. Once completed, the completed time contributes to the committed focus time.

One-minute todo running on the Fokasu dashboard

Step 7 · Goal met

Complete your committed focus goal to unlock the block list.

Finish one one-minute todo—or two 30-second todos. Completed time adds together.

Todo complete Focus goal met Block list unlocked

Optional

Settings · Preferences

Fine-tune protection and application behavior.

Open Settings to adjust these optional safeguards and desktop preferences.

  • Extension activation grace period Choose how long Fokasu waits before closing the browser when the extension is not detected.
  • Prevent uninstall during a Focus Block Require the current Focus Block to finish first.
  • Emergency exit Set how long Fokasu waits before an emergency exit clears an active focus lock.
  • Desktop notifications Choose whether Fokasu shows desktop notifications.
  • Notification sounds Turn sounds during notifications on or off.
  • Start at sign-in Choose whether Fokasu starts when you sign in.
Fokasu Settings showing focus protection, emergency exit, notification, sound, and startup options