Workrave

Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, or myopia.

Initial release2002; 24 years ago (2002)

Written inC++ (Gtkmm)

Operating systemLinux, Cross-platform^[1]

TypeHealth-related software
Repetitive strain injury

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Workrave
Initial release	2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Written in	C++ (Gtkmm)
Operating system	Linux, Cross-platform[1]
Type	Health-related software Repetitive strain injury
License	GNU General Public License
Website	workrave.org
Repository	github.com/rcaelers/workrave

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The software encourages taking breaks and periodically locks the screen while showing an animated character, “Miss Workrave”, walks the user through various stretching exercises,^[2][3] urges them to take a coffee break and sets a daily work time limit after which it automatically triggers an action, such as suspend the machine.^[4]

The program is cross-platform and dependent on the GTK+ graphical widget toolkit as well as other GNOME libraries on Linux such as GNet . It is also available for Microsoft Windows.^[1]