HabitLab

HabitLab: Overcome Distractions & Boost Productivity

A Chrome extension helping users break bad habits and stay focused, with customizable goal-setting for a more productive life.

What is HabitLab?

HabitLab is a free, open-source Chrome extension created by researchers at Stanford University. It is designed to help users overcome distracting habits and be more productive online.

The core functionality of HabitLab centers around setting goals and applying gentle interventions to nudge your behavior. For example, you could set a goal to spend less time on social media sites. HabitLab would then monitor your browsing activity and when you go to Twitter or Facebook, it might make the newsfeed slightly more boring or dim the screen to make those sites less habit-forming.

Other sample interventions include hiding YouTube recommendations so you don't get sucked into watching more videos, blocking distracting websites for set periods of time, slowing down scrolling to combat mindless browsing, and encouraging you to take breaks after long work sessions on your computer. You choose which goals are important and HabitLab will suggest interventions to help meet them.

Everything is customizable in HabitLab - you decide which websites or behaviors to target and can adjust the strength of interventions. It aims to help users be more conscious of distracting habits and provide the tools to gently nudge yourself towards better habits over time.

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