# Safe Eyes
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Protect your eyes from eye strain using this simple and beautiful, yet extensible break reminder.
Visit the official site: https://slgobinath.github.io/SafeEyes/ for more details.
## Safe Eyes command-line arguments
```text
usage: safeeyes [-h] [-a | -d | -e | -q | -s | -t] [--debug] [--version]
Safe Eyes protects your eyes from eye strain (asthenopia) by reminding you to
take breaks while you're working long hours at the computer.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a, --about show the about dialog
-d, --disable disable the currently running safeeyes instance
-e, --enable enable the currently running safeeyes instance
-q, --quit quit the running safeeyes instance and exit
-s, --settings show the settings dialog
-t, --take-break take a break now
--debug start safeeyes in debug mode
--status print the status of running safeeyes instance and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
```
## Installation guide
Safe Eyes is available on the official repositories of many popular the distributions.
It is also available in Ubuntu PPA, Arch AUR, Gentoo and Python PyPI. You can choose any installation source and install on any Linux system with Python 3.
### Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Ubuntu Derivatives
The [Official PPA for Safe Eyes](https://launchpad.net/~safeeyes-team/+archive/ubuntu/safeeyes) hosts the latest version of safeeyes **for Ubuntu 22.04 and above**.
```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:safeeyes-team/safeeyes
sudo apt update
sudo apt install safeeyes
```
On older versions of Ubuntu, an older version of Safe Eyes is available on the official repositories.
```bash
sudo apt install safeeyes
```
### Arch
```bash
yay -S safeeyes
```
### Gentoo
```bash
sudo emerge -av x11-misc/safeeyes
```
### Debian
```bash
sudo apt-get install safeeyes
```
### Fedora
```bash
sudo dnf install python3-psutil python3-packaging cairo-devel python3-devel gobject-introspection-devel cairo-gobject-devel
sudo pip3 install safeeyes
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor
```
### OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
```bash
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install safeeyes
```
### Alpine Linux
```bash
sudo apk add safeeyes
```
### Flatpak
```bash
flatpak install flathub io.github.slgobinath.SafeEyes
```
### Other Linux & Run from source
Ensure to meet the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-notify-0.7
- python3-babel
- python3-croniter
- python3-psutil
- python3-packaging
- python3-xlib
- xprintidle (optional)
- wlrctl (wayland optional)
- Python 3.10+
**To install Safe Eyes:**
```bash
sudo pip3 install safeeyes
```
After installation, restart your system to update the icons,
**To run from source:**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes.git
cd SafeEyes
python3 -m safeeyes
```
Safe Eyes installers install the required icons to `/usr/share/icons/hicolor`. When you run Safe Eyes from source without, some icons may not appear.
### Install in a virtual environment
Some Linux systems like CentOS do not have matching dependencies available in their repository. In such systems, you can install and use Safe Eyes in a Python virtual environment.
1. Install the necessary dependencies for CentOS 7
```bash
sudo yum install python3-devel dbus dbus-devel cairo cairo-devel cairomm-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel pango pango-devel pangomm pangomm-devel gobject-introspection-devel cairo-gobject-devel
```
2. Create a virtual environment in your home folder
```bash
mkdir ~/safeeyes
cd ~/safeeyes/
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install safeeyes
```
3. Start Safe Eyes from the terminal
```bash
cd ~/safeeyes & source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m safeeyes
```
For more details, please check the issue: [#329](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/issues/329)
## Features
- Remind you to take breaks with exercises to reduce RSI
- Disable keyboard during breaks
- Notification before and after breaks
- Smart pause if system is idle
- Multi-screen support
- Customizable user interface
- RPC API to control externally
- Command-line arguments to control the running instance
- Customizable using plug-ins
## Third-party Plugins
Thirdparty plugins are available at another GitHub repository: [safeeyes-plugins](https://github.com/slgobinath/safeeyes-plugins). More details about how to write your own plugin and how to install third-party plugin are available there.
## How to Release?
0. Run `update-po.sh` to generate new translation files (which will be eventually updated by translators). Commit and push the changes to the master branch.
1. Checkout the latest commits from the `master` branch
2. Run `python3 -m safeeyes` to make sure nothing is broken
3. Update the Safe Eyes version in the following places (Open the project in VSCode and search for the current version):
- [setup.py](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/setup.py#L83)
- [setup.py](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/setup.py#L90)
- [safeeyes.py](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/safeeyes/safeeyes.py#L42)
- [io.github.slgobinath.SafeEyes.metainfo.xml](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/safeeyes/platform/io.github.slgobinath.SafeEyes.metainfo.xml#L56)
- [about_dialog.glade](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/safeeyes/glade/about_dialog.glade#L74)
4. Update the [changelog](https://github.com/slgobinath/SafeEyes/blob/master/debian/changelog) (for Ubuntu PPA release)
5. Commit the changes to `master`
6. Create a pull-request from `master` to `release`
7. Merge the PR to release **with merge commit** (Important to merge with merge commit)
## License
GNU General Public License v3