End the workday.

Set your work hours. Curfew counts down when the day is over, then shows a full-screen lockout. Automatic shutdown is optional.

See how it works

The Curfew lockout overlay, showing the time, an unlock time, and a prompt for getting back in.

What it looks like

Set a different end time for each day, then see the week as it went.

Curfew's weekly schedule editor with per-day work end and resume times, day-off toggles, and schedule presets. — Schedule

Curfew's Journal view showing a week of kept days, overrides, and reflection history. — Journal

When work ends.

Set your hours

Choose start and stop times for each day, days off, or an hours-based schedule. Last-minute schedule changes do not quietly move today's finish line.

Get a heads-up

Curfew warns you at 30, 15, 5, 2, and 1 minutes.

Call it a night

At curfew, a full-screen lockout appears. Automatic shutdown is optional.

Need more time? Write a reason, wait five minutes, then confirm. Extension and override limits are shown in the menu bar.

Curfew is not a security system. A terminal, another account, or a reboot can bypass it. It adds a pause before you decide to keep working.

Check in before and after work.

Choose the questions. Curfew asks them when you start work and when curfew begins. Answer or skip them.

Start with a question

Use a short prompt, rating, or mood check when you begin.

Wrap up

At curfew, note what happened today or what needs to wait until tomorrow.

Keep the record

Your journal keeps entries and ratings together. Export Markdown or JSON whenever you want.

Questions and answer types are editable in Settings. Your entries stay on your Mac.

Connect Curfew to a local assistant.

Curfew includes a local MCP server. A compatible assistant can read your Curfew status and reflections. Requests that change Curfew wait for approval in the app.

Read MCP setup

Curfew for macOS

Requires macOS 26 or later.

Private by default. No telemetry. Local MCP access stays under your control.