Anchor - Deep work, supervised by AI

What it does

Anchor is a focus app for macOS that catches your attention drift and intervenes. Instead of a blunt blocklist, it behaves like a human proctor. It understands what's on your screen, catches you the moment you drift, and pulls you back — with a focus score, voice nudges, and pets you can earn or lose.

Anchor is an on-device AI focus proctor for macOS. Instead of a blunt blocklist, it understands what

App and website blockers fight your willpower with brute force — and lose. Anchor is an on-device AI that watches your screen, tells deep work apart from a rabbit hole, and pulls you back the second you drift. Short-form video, bottomless feeds, and a notification for everything — the modern internet is engineered by some of the smartest people alive to take your attention and never give it back. For a generation that grew up inside it, sitting with one task for an hour can feel almost impossible. Endless short videos train your brain to expect a fresh hit every few seconds. Real work doesn't pay out that fast. Feeds never end and never repeat, so there's never a natural moment to stop —…from haichaolihc.github.io

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