augenblick

Fullscreen eye-blink overlay for X11. Every few minutes, two black bars sweep in from the top and bottom of the screen and meet in the middle — then open again. A reminder to blink and rest your eyes.

Install

cargo install augenblick

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/x71c9/augenblick
cd augenblick
cargo build --release

Usage

augenblick

Blinks once at startup, then every 4 minutes.

Options:
  -c <path>               config file (default: ~/.config/augenblick/augenblick.toml)
  --sleep_secs <n>        seconds between blinks (default: 240)
  --animation_frames <n>  frames per eyelid sweep (default: 20)
  --color <hex>           eyelid color, e.g. #ff0000 (default: #000000)
  -V, --version           print version
  -h, --help              show this help

Config

~/.config/augenblick/augenblick.toml (all fields optional):

sleep_secs = 240
animation_frames = 20
color = "#000000"

CLI flags override config file values.

Requirements

• Linux with X11
• libxcb installed on the system