StillPoint

At the stillpoint: a calm, offline-affirming, organized new tab. Pomodoro timer, to-do list, notepad, habit tracker, and day planner.

"At the still point of the turning world." — a quiet anchor for your day, every time you open a tab.

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Choose how you want to use it

There are two ways to run StillPoint. Pick whichever sounds easier — both use the exact same files.

	Best for	What it does
Browser extension	People who want it on every new tab, automatically	Replaces your browser's new tab page
Standalone page	People who don't want to touch extension settings at all	A regular page you open, bookmark, or set as your homepage

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Option A: Install as a browser extension

Works the same way in any Chromium-based browser — Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi, and Avast Secure Browser. Firefox is a little different (see below) because Firefox doesn't allow permanent unlisted extensions.

1. Download the files

Download this repo as a ZIP and unzip it somewhere permanent on your computer (e.g. ~/Documents/stillpoint). Don't move or delete the folder after installing — the browser keeps pointing at it.

2. Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera, Vivaldi

1. Open your browser and go to:
   • Chrome / Brave / Arc / Opera / Vivaldi: chrome://extensions
   • Edge: edge://extensions
2. Turn on Developer mode (toggle, usually top-right).
3. Click Load unpacked.
4. Select the unzipped stillpoint folder.
5. Open a new tab — you're done.

3. Avast Secure Browser

Avast Secure Browser is built on Chromium, so it uses the same chrome://extensions page as above — but it also ships with an Extensions Guard setting that can block new installs.

1. Go to chrome://extensions in Avast.
2. If Developer mode won't toggle on, or the install seems blocked: open Avast's Settings → Privacy & Security → Extensions Guard and temporarily allow new extensions.
3. Follow the same steps as above: Developer mode on → Load unpacked → select the stillpoint folder.
4. You can turn Extensions Guard back on afterward; it only checks at install time.

4. Firefox

Firefox requires a signed extension from addons.mozilla.org to run permanently. For personal use, you can load it temporarily:

1. Go to about:debugging.
2. Click This Firefox → Load Temporary Add-on.
3. Select the manifest.json file inside the unzipped folder.

Note: temporary add-ons are removed when Firefox restarts, so you'll repeat this step each time you reopen the browser. If you want it permanent in Firefox, the standalone option below is the easier path.

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Option B: Use it standalone, no extension setup at all

If you'd rather skip developer mode and extension settings entirely, StillPoint works as a plain web page too — same look, same features, same local-only storage.

1. Unzip the folder as in Option A, step 1.
2. Double-click newtab.html. It opens in your default browser like any other page.
3. Bookmark it so you can get back to it easily, or:
4. Set it as your homepage — most browsers have a Settings → "On startup" or "Homepage" option where you can point to a local file. Paste in the file's location (it'll look like file:///Users/you/Documents/stillpoint/newtab.html on Mac, or file:///C:/Users/you/Documents/stillpoint/newtab.html on Windows).

Your to-dos, notes, habits, and theme are saved locally in that browser, tied to that page, exactly like the extension version — they'll still be there next time you open it. The only difference is it won't automatically replace every new tab; you open it the way you'd open a bookmark.

This is also the easiest option if you're not on Chrome/Edge/Brave/Firefox at all, or just don't want to deal with extension permissions.

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Features

⏱ Pomodoro timer

• Configurable focus / break / long break lengths (Settings → Pomodoro)
• Tracks sessions (1–4), then a long break
• Flashes the tab title when a session ends

✅ To-do list

• Add tasks with Enter or the + button
• Click the circle to mark done; click the text to edit inline
• Import / Export live as two small buttons (↑ Import / ↓ Export) in the top-right corner of the To-do widget
• Import: click it to pick a .txt (one task per line) or .csv file. Tasks are added to your existing list, not replaced
• Export: click it, then choose .txt or .csv from the small menu that appears. Downloads all your tasks, done and not-done
• Exporting and then re-importing the same file round-trips cleanly — done/not-done status is preserved either way
• "Clear done" removes completed tasks

📝 Notepad

• Plain text, auto-saves as you type
• Persists across sessions

🔥 Habits

• Add habits in Settings → Habits
• See a 7-day dot grid per habit; click any dot to toggle
• Today's dot has an accent ring

📅 Day planner

• Two views: Time blocks (start → end + label) or an ordered list with optional times
• Resets each day (previous days' data is preserved but a new day starts fresh)

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Themes & background

Open ⚙ Settings (top-right) to:

• Pick from 6 built-in themes: Dusk, Midnight, Forest, Slate, Rose, Light
• Upload a personal background image (stored locally in your browser, never sent anywhere)
• Remove the background image to return to the theme colour

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Your data

Everything is stored locally in your browser — your machine, nowhere else.

• Extension version: uses chrome.storage.local. Uninstalling the extension clears all data.
• Standalone version: uses your browser's local storage for that page. Clearing your browser's site data for that file will clear it too.

Export your tasks before uninstalling or clearing data if you want to keep them.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.