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.
Relax those eyes
Find a distant spot to rest your eyes on
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 glance 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 — the app updates itself after that.
Never opened Terminal? Here’s every step
- 1. Open Terminal. Press ⌘ and Space together, type Terminal, and press Return. A small window with a blank line opens — that’s it.
- 2. Paste the line. Hit Copy on the line above, click the Terminal window, paste with ⌘ V, and press Return. It works on any Mac — nothing needs to be installed first.
- 3. Open the app. When it finishes, TouchGrass is in your Applications folder. Open it once and it lives in the menu bar from then on.
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