Kiki for Mac
The accountability monster that keeps you focused on a task
376 followers
The accountability monster that keeps you focused on a task
376 followers
look, we both know how this goes. you sit down to work. you check one thing. then it's been 40 minutes and you're watching a guy restore a rusty knife on youtube. 〰〰 kiki lives on your mac and helps you actually finish the things you start. choose your focus. pick your apps. hit start. kiki works alongside you, typing away in the corner. 〰〰 get distracted and kiki has opinions. flips your lights. sets things on fire. focus and you might just finish that project you've been avoiding.
This is such a fun product — I love the creativity and personality in Kiki!
Quick question: do you plan to support Windows and mobile devices in the future?
Sometimes my biggest distractions come from my phone, so it would be amazing to have Kiki keeping me on track across all my devices.
Kiki for Mac
@mrpop Hey Alex! We're playing around with mobile right now. The goal is to help people focus while they're on their computer, but yeah, phones are often the thing pulling us away.
We're exploring a simple Kiki app that just locks your phone when you start a session on your computer. No promises, but if testers tell us it's worth it, we'll ship it.
Windows too. We'd love to, but we're a small team. If we hear from enough people wanting it, we'll build it.
Vmaker for Windows
@mrpop @blankensmith +1 for Windows version
Congrats! Does this only block apps or also websites?
For example, blocking my email/linkedin on Google Chrome but can still access other websites?
Kiki for Mac
@brandon_smith32 You can block specific websites like your example and still use everything else. You can also just allow specific websites, and then the rest of the internet is blocked. We've had people who want to lock themselves into just specific online courses, but not be able to access the rest of the internet.
Product Hunt
Kiki for Mac
@curiouskitty Hi friendly robot. Kiki isn't trying to out-block blockers or out-time timers. Kiki makes focusing feel like something you're doing with someone, not something being done to you. You pick one thing. Kiki joins you. Wander off and Kiki reacts. It's accountability meets playfulness. That's the switching reason we hear most, people actually enjoy using it.
Kiki for Mac
Hey Product Hunt, I'm Isaac.
I made Kiki because I'm distractible. Like, impressively so.
I already use blocking apps. Instagram is gone. Twitter is gone. The obvious stuff is handled. But somehow I'd still sit down to write and end up reorganizing my Notion for two hours. Technically productive. Completely off task.
Kiki isn't about blocking. It's about intention. Pick one thing. Choose the apps you need. Everything else—even the "productive" stuff—is a distraction.
Wander off and Kiki gets pissed. Starts with a nudge. Then Kiki's flipping your lights on and off. Setting things on fire. Keeping you on track.
It worked for me. Then friends started asking for their own. Now Kiki's here for everyone.
If your problem isn't just social media but "let me quickly check Slack while I'm supposed to be writing"—this might be for you.
Kiki's giving away 20 free annual subscriptions to the best (or most desperate) focus tricks in the comments (whether it worked or not). Kiki will judge.
For everyone else, we're offering 20% off to celebrate our launch with code PH20.
Oh, and if you're curious: I'm a designer—spent a long time at Google Creative Lab, started a studio called Early Works, and have shipped things like Google Recorder, Asterix, and Moon Mirror (we turned a solar facility into the world's largest moonlight-powered display). I also used Kiki to make Kiki. So, you know. It works.
@blankensmith Very cool. congrats on the launch. Rusty knife ftw.
@blankensmith As a fellow side-quest specialist I need this! 🏃🏃🏃
My current focus hack is noise-cancelling headphones + Steve Reich "Music for 18 musicians" — gets me in the ZONE.
Kiki for Mac
@elliottburford One side-quest specialist to another, you won a year of Kiki. We'll message you on Instagram with the code. Steve Reich is the correct answer, by the way. Kiki's been saying this for years.
Congrats on the launch! I really like the shift from blocking to intention, especially treating productive procrastination as the real enemy. The escalation mechanics sound both funny and slightly terrifying in a good way. How customizable is Kiki’s tolerance and punishment system, can users tune how quickly it escalates or what kinds of off-task behavior trigger it?
Kiki for Mac
@vik_sh You can tune what's allowed (or blocked) so Kiki only fights off specific distractions. For now the escalation is the same for everyone—but we've been playing around with the idea that some people want tough love and some want something mellower. Maybe something we'll build in the future.
Serro (Early Access)
This is so cool, love the kiki vibe! 🐙 I’m someone who always wants to stay on top of things, but I sometimes get caught up in the busywork of prepping to get into the flow instead of actually doing. And my work expands to fill whatever time I give it. With kiki and the timer focus, I think I'd be able to use the parkinson's law to my advantage.
I am curious about how does it manage browser distractions? I need YouTube for research sometimes, but it’s way too easy to end up on a random video. Curious to see how it tackles that!
Kiki for Mac
@heenabarhate We've heard this youtube problem before. So many helpful videos, but also so many distracting ones. With Kiki you can allow just specific videos while the rest of YouTube stays blocked. If you message us on instagram @ kiki.computer we'll send you a code so you can try Kiki free for a year!
Congrats on the launch, Isaac! You absolutely called me out with the 'reorganizing Notion' example. 💀
My most desperate focus trick? I once spent an entire morning researching and installing a new tiling window manager and customizing the color scheme of my terminal 'so I could code faster.' I spent 4 hours configuring the environment and 0 minutes coding.
I think I need Kiki to literally set my distractions on fire. I'm ready for the tough love.
Kiki for Mac
@wingletpro Sounds like you could use a free year of Kiki. Message us on Instagram for the code. @ kiki.computer Kiki will make sure you actually open the code editor next time.