🧠 distraction-shield (macOS)

A macOS website blocker that runs quietly in the background, blocks distracting sites, and motivates you with quotes. Designed to be hard to disable, helping you focus deeply.

🚫 Blocked Sites (by default)

• youtube.com
• reddit.com
• facebook.com
• instagram.com
• twitter.com

⏰ Active Hours

Blocks sites daily from 8 AM to 10 PM (configurable in the script).

✨ Features

• Launches automatically via LaunchAgent
• Runs silently in the background
• Shows motivational quotes (macOS notifications)
• Logs all block/unblock actions
• Difficult to disable casually
• Fully open-source and customizable

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⚠️ Requirements

• macOS
• Admin privileges (used only during installation)

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📦 Installation

You must run the script with sudo to allow it to manage system files and services.

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/distraction-shield.git
cd distraction-shield
chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

📦 Un Installation

sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.blocker.hidden.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.blocker.hidden.plist
sudo rm /usr/local/lib/.block_web.py
sudo rm /usr/local/lib/.quotes.txt

Log file

sudo nano ~/Library/Logs/webblock.log