Safe Eyes

Protect your eyes from eye strain using this continuous breaks reminder. A Free and Open Source Linux alternative for EyeLeo.

Installation

Ubuntu:

1: Add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:slgobinath/safeeyes

2: Download the package list: sudo apt update

3: Install uget-chrome-wrapper: sudo apt install safeeyes

4: Start Safe Eyes from start menu.

Arch:

1: Download the safeeyes.tar.gz

2: Install Safe Eyes: sudo pacman -R safeeyes.tar.gz

If you have any issues in installing Safe Eyes, please report them here

Other Linux:

Manual installation is not tested in any systems. I will update this page as soon as I have tested in any other Linux distributions.

1: Install the dependencies: gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 (libappindicator3 in Arch), python-xlib (python2-xlib in Arch), python-gobject (python2-gobject in Arch), xorg-xprop in Arch

2: Download and extract safeeyes.tar.gz into /: sudo tar -xzvf safeeyes.tar.gz -C /

The following files are deployed by SafeEyes

/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/safeeyes_enabled.png
/usr/share/applications/safeeyes.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/safeeyes.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/status/
/usr/share/applications/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/
/opt/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/glade/break_screen.glade
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/status/safeeyes_disabled.png
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/BreakScreen.py
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/safeeyes
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/safeeyes_disabled.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/safeeyes.png
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/SafeEyesCore.py
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/status/safeeyes_enabled.png
/usr/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/config/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/Notification.py
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/safeeyes_disabled.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/SettingsDialog.py
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/glade/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/
/usr/share/icons/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/glade/settings_dialog.glade
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/config/style/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/TrayIcon.py
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/safeeyes.png
/opt/safeeyes/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes.desktop
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/safeeyes_enabled.png
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/config/safeeyes.json
/usr/share/
/opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/config/style/safeeyes_style.css
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/safeeyes_enabled.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/safeeyes_disabled.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/safeeyes.png

If you have any issues in installing Safe Eyes, please report them here

4: Start Safe Eyes using this command: /opt/safeeyes/safeeyes/safeeyes

Once started, Safe Eyes will copy the desktop file to ~/.config/autostart and the configurations to ~/.config/safeeyes. Therefore, from next time onwards, it should start with the system.

Usage

Just install and forget; Safe Eyes will take care of your eyes. To customize the preferences, go to Settings from Safe Eyes tray icon. For advanced configuration, go to ~/.config/safeeyes folder. There you can change the Skip button text in safeeyes.json and the look and feel of the break screen in style/safeeyes_style.css.

Features

• Short breaks with eye exercises
• Long breaks to change physical position and to warm up
• Strict break for those who are addicted to computer
• Highly customizable
• Do not disturb when working with fullscreen applications( Eg: Watching movies)
• Disable the keyboard during break
• Notifications before every break
• Multi-workspace support
• Elegant and customizable design

Contributing

Are you a user?

Please test Safe Eyes on your system and report any issues here

Are you a developer?

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

Are you using a different Linux system?

Please test Safe Eyes and create installers for your operating system

History

Version 1.0.6:

• Latest stable release

License

GNU General Public License v3