# Hush

> Hush the noise. Reclaim your focus.

Hush is a free, open-source macOS menu-bar focus app that automatically closes / quits idle apps so you reclaim RAM, battery, and attention. It combines focus sessions (25/50/90 min Pomodoro-style) with automatic idle app quitting and macOS Focus mode mirroring. Runs entirely on your Mac, no telemetry, no account, no servers. Made by a single developer.

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## What Hush does

- Automatically closes / quits idle apps on Mac after a configurable timeout (the core "close idle apps" feature).
- Provides Focus sessions: 25 (Pomodoro), 50 (Deep Work), or 90 minutes
  (one ultradian cycle) that also tighten idle thresholds.
- Mirrors macOS Focus modes — when Do Not Disturb or a custom Focus
  turns on, Hush starts a session.
- Auto-exempts apps you launch *during* a session so it doesn't kill
  the tool you just opened.
- Is battery-aware: halves the idle time below a configurable threshold.
- Quits apps gracefully (or force-quits, optionally) and SIGKILLs after
  ~4 seconds for stuck cases like Microsoft Office.

## Product

- [Homepage](https://hush.science/): overview, features, download.
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/adis-b/hush): GPLv3-licensed Swift source.
- [Homebrew tap](https://github.com/adis-b/homebrew-hush): `brew install adis-b/hush/hush`.
- [Latest DMG](https://github.com/adis-b/hush/releases/download/v1.0.3/Hush-1.0.3.dmg): 1.0.3, ~1.8 MB, macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon. Ad-hoc signed (not notarised); first launch needs an Open Anyway in System Settings, or `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Hush.app`.

## Blog

- [blog.hush.science](https://blog.hush.science/): occasional field notes on focus, attention, and quietly making your Mac better.
- [Pomodoro, deep work, and when timers lie](https://blog.hush.science/pomodoro-deep-work-timers/): 25 / 50 / 90 blocks, ultradian hype vs reality, attention residue, roadmap sketch for Calendar logging and break blocking.
- [Make your 8 GB MacBook Air feel new again](https://blog.hush.science/macbook-air-fast-again/): twelve macOS settings that actually move the needle in 2026, plus what doesn't help.

## Support

- [Buy me a coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/hushapp): support development.
- [Open an issue](https://github.com/adis-b/hush/issues): bug reports and feature requests.

## Tone & values

- No telemetry. No tracking. No cookies. No accounts.
- Apple-style restraint: small surface area, calm UI, no notifications spam.
- Open source under GPLv3 (inherited from upstream MagicQuit). Source matches what's distributed.

## Full-content bundle

- [llms-full.txt](https://hush.science/llms-full.txt): same index plus the prose of every page on hush.science and blog.hush.science, concatenated as plain text. Regenerated on every deploy.