timer-cli runs countdowns in the terminal and keeps the end time, remaining time, and progress visible. Use the compact two-line display or switch to a fullscreen clock.
Start a timer with a short duration, combine several units, or use duration words:
$ timer-cli 10m
$ timer-cli 1h30m --title "Focus Session"
$ timer-cli 01:30:00
$ timer-cli 5 minutos --lang es
Choose the display and output that fit the job:
$ timer-cli 5m --fullscreen --controls
$ timer-cli 25m --loop
$ timer-cli 30s --json
While a timer is running, press Space to pause or resume, R to restart, + or - to adjust it by one minute, or Q to cancel. Completion alerts use the terminal bell and can be disabled or repeated.
The interface is available in English and Spanish. Duration words also work in Portuguese, French, German, Italian, and Dutch. Shell completion is available for Bash, Zsh, and Fish.
timer-cli runs in the foreground. It does not use a daemon, save timer history, access the network, collect telemetry, or execute commands.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR). The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
If AppArmor is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install timer-cli, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install timer-cli
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit snapcraft.io now.