TouchGrass app icon

You haven’t blinked in a while

Screens make us stare. TouchGrass is a break reminder for macOS that gives your eyes a moment to relax and refocus, before the strain sets in.

🌿 24m

Look away

Rest your eyes on something far away

00:27

It waits for a good moment

Camera on, film playing, or deep in something — it holds the break and comes back when you're actually free.

Short rests, at your rhythm

A brief look-away through the day, a longer break now and then, and a nudge to blink when you've been staring. All on timings you set.

Nothing to manage

No streaks, no accounts, not even a permission prompt. It looks after your eyes from the menu bar.

Look up, touch grass.

Install from Terminal — either line puts the latest version in Applications. The app updates itself after that.

Homebrew
No Homebrew? Plain Terminal

Prefer a plain download? Grab the zip — macOS will warn that it can't verify the app (it's independently built, not notarized by Apple). Allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security → "Open Anyway".

Free & open source on GitHub