CLI Pomodoro for Mac

.zshrc

# I'll be doing another one for Linux, but this one will give you 
# a pop up notification and sound alert (using the built-in sounds for macOS)

# Requires https://github.com/caarlos0/timer to be installed

# Mac setup for pomo
alias work="timer 60m && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Work Timer is up! Take a Break 😊'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.png'\
        -sound Crystal"
        
alias rest="timer 10m && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Break is over! Get back to work 😬'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.png'\
        -sound Crystal"

pom.fish

# Use a pomodoro timer with the fish shell.
# This requires https://github.com/caarlos0/timer to be installed and https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum on PATH

function pom
    set split $POMO_SPLIT
    if ! test -n "$split"
        set split $(gum choose "25/5" "50/10" "all done" --header "Choose a pomodoro split.")
    end

    switch $split
       case '25/5'
           set work "25m"
           set break "5m"
       case '50/10'
           set work "50m"
           set break "10m"
       case 'all done'
           return
    end

    timer $work && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Work Timer is up! Take a Break 😊'\
        -sound Crystal

    gum confirm "Ready for a break?" && \
    timer $break && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Break is over! Get back to work 😬'\
        -sound Crystal \
    || pom

end

In case anyone else wanted this. Added functions for specifying the time.

Use:
w 50 # work 50 minutes

# Mac setup for pomo
alias work="timer 60m && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Work Timer is up! Take a Break 😊'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.jpg'\
        -sound Crystal"
        
alias rest="timer 10m && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Break is over! Get back to work 😬'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.jpg'\
        -sound Crystal"

w() {
    timer "${1}m" && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Work Timer is up! Take a Break 😊'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.jpg'\
        -sound Crystal
}

r() {
    timer "${1}m" && terminal-notifier -message 'Pomodoro'\
        -title 'Break is over! Get back to work 😬'\
        -appIcon '~/Pictures/pumpkin.jpg'\
        -sound Crystal
}

for those who want to use this on windows here is a workaround you can add the following code to your powershell profile

Requires https://github.com/caarlos0/timer to be installed

# --- The Main Function ---
function Start-PomoTimer {
    param (
        [string]$TimerType
    )

    $pomoOptions = @{
        "work"  = "50m"
        "break" = "10m"
        "short" = "5m"
    }

    # --- REMEMBER TO UPDATE THIS PATH WITH THE PATH WHERE YOU CLONED THE REPO MENTIONED ABOVE ---
    $timerPath = "D:\timer\timer.exe"

    if ($pomoOptions.ContainsKey($TimerType)) {
        $duration = $pomoOptions[$TimerType]
        Write-Host "Starting '$TimerType' timer for $duration..."
        & $timerPath $duration -n $TimerType
        Write-Host "'$TimerType' session done!"
    } else {
        Write-Host "Invalid timer type: '$TimerType'. Available types: $($pomoOptions.Keys -join ', ')"
    }
}

function Start-PomoWork {
    Start-PomoTimer -TimerType "work"
}

function Start-PomoBreak {
    Start-PomoTimer -TimerType "break"
}


# --- Updated Aliases pointing to the new functions ---
Set-Alias -Name wo -Value Start-PomoWork
Set-Alias -Name br -Value Start-PomoBreak

Nice setup! I built a Go CLI tool inspired by this approach - handles notifications and timing with a simple config file:
https://github.com/Bahaaio/pomo

you can do:

• pomo (work session)
• pomo 15m (custom duration)
• pomo break

Is cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows).
Includes pause/resume, add/subtract time, and reset functionality.

example notification config:

notification:
    enabled: true
    title: work finished 🎉
    message: time to take a break
    icon: ~/my/icon.png