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Life & fun · May 21, 2026

Tug · Menu bar timer for macOS

A timer that stares back at you

Tug · Menu bar timer for macOS launched on May 21, 2026 with 4 votes, #2,419 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

I needed a timer. Could've downloaded one in 10 seconds. Instead I spent way too long building one because I thought it'd be fun to add my own touch. It's called Tug. It's a 🐸 in your menu bar. The fun part isn't really the timer, it's the frog: • It watches your cursor. Move around, it follows you. • When you pull on it, you can see on its face it does not like that. • You feel a little haptic tap on the trackpad when you do it. It does also work as a timer.

A menu bar timer for macOS you pull out like a tongue. One gesture. Pomodoro built in. No accounts, no sync — runs entirely on your Mac.

Alongside your wifi, battery, the weather. One glance, you know. Tea. Deploy. Oven. Standup. Tug holds them all and rings each one. Native macOS notifications. Hit Options, pick +5 or +10, get back to it. “The execution is polished and Tug turns out to be both pleasant andfrom tug-web-theta.vercel.app

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