Focus Firewall is a minimalist website and app blocker to keep away social media and other distractions while you work or study.
Leave Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram and others for later.
It's fast, automated, local, private, lightweight and requires no extensions.
That's by design.
Most websites today profit from your attention, and are designed to keep you hooked.
All it takes is one innocent click to fall into the rabbit hole.
Focus Firewall prevents that first click.
While active, your entire Mac is protected. Anything in the blocklist gets intercepted and blocked.
Browsers won't be able to load blocklisted websites, and blocked apps won't get access to the internet.
Focus Firewall adds a layer of protection to your browsing.
When you go to a blocklisted website, Focus Firewall intercepts and prevents the browser from loading it.
It looks like the internet is down, just for that website.
Some websites like YouTube and X may still show a cached version of the page, but videos or tweets certainly won't load.
Apps in the blocklist won't be able to access the internet. It's that simple.
They may still open, but won't be able to load any content.
It looks like the internet is down, just for that one app.
Other apps are too complicated – too many options, features, endless tweaking.
You can start using Focus Firewall in less than a minute.
Working Hours is a feature that automatically starts blocking during work hours. You don't have to remember to turn it on every day.
Pause blocking for a few minutes while you take a break. Blocking resumes after the break, helping you get back in the zone.
The app includes a curated blocklist of hundreds of websites and apps that are known to be time-wasters.
YouTube, X, TikTok, Reddit, Instagram, Netflix and other 140+ distracting websites already included.
You can also add your own websites and apps to the blocklist.
WhatsApp
) since they still
show your previous messages and you can still write new ones. However, messages will not be sent
and you won't receive incoming messages.
Social Media
)News
)+
button on the bottom left of the listThe New York Times
) and the domain (for example nytimes.com
)https://
and any anything after the domain. For example, if you want to block https://www.nytimes.com/section/business
, you should add nytimes.com
or www.nytimes.com
.