A sit needs almost nothing from a timer: a clear beginning, a clear end, and silence in between. This one gives the beginning and the end to a bell, a singing bowl or a clean strike, and adds only what a sitting practice actually asks for: a settling delay so you are seated before the opening bell, an interval bell if you want a soft marker inside long sits, an open-ended mode that counts up until you end it, and a screen that can hide the numbers or dim to near-black while you sit.
The dial keeps the site's twenty rings, washed out so a half-open eye reads progress without being pulled to it. Everything runs in the browser, free, with no account.
Ten minutes is long enough for the mind to settle after the first few restless minutes and short enough to do on a workday without negotiating for it. That is why most beginner programs start there. This page gives you those ten minutes with no sound until the end: no ticking, no bells at the half, one clear chime at zero. The rings empty one every 30 seconds, so if your eyes open you can see the sit's shape without reading a number, and close them again.
Everyone opens their eyes early at first. The dial is designed for this moment: rings left, not minutes, so the glance does not become arithmetic. If more than half the rings still stand, treat it as information, not failure, and go back to the breath. Turning the screen face down works too, since the countdown keeps running and the chime carries.
When ten minutes stops feeling long, the 20 minute timer is the usual next step, and many people settle there for good. For a breathing break at a desk, three or four minutes is plenty. A guided practice with several stages can be built in Cycles: for example 2 minutes settling, 6 minutes of breath, 2 minutes open, with a soft chime at each turn. More on this in meditation and breathing by the clock.
Set the volume before you sit rather than after the chime startles you. Start the timer, then take one slow breath before you begin properly; the first ring is a settling ring. And if you use the phone, put it out of reach once the timer is running so the chime is the only reason you touch it.
Yes. Bells sound only where you asked for them: one to begin, one to end, and optionally at the interval you set. Nothing ticks in between.
A short pause between pressing Begin and the opening bell, so you can put the phone down and get seated. Ten seconds by default, up to a minute, or off.
Yes. The sit follows the clock, not the tab, so it stays on time hidden and the closing bell still sounds. Keep awake stops the screen from locking mid-sit.
Yes. Choose open ended and it counts up until you end the sit, with interval bells if you want them.
Add it as a browser source in OBS; the background stays transparent. Change t for any length.