Focus Buddy
Chrome extension that blocks distracting websites and helps you stay focused.
🧠 Focus Buddy — Distraction Blocker
🚫 Block Distractions. ✅ Do Literally Anything Else.
Chrome Extension · Productivity Tool · Built on impulse (as usual)
🚀 About the Project
Focus Buddy is a tiny Chrome extension that gently (or aggressively) blocks websites that keep stealing your time and attention.
No timers. No complicated rules.
Just you, your to-do list, and a digital bouncer for your browser.
🔥 The Problem
We all have "that one site" (or five).
You open a new tab to do something productive… and suddenly it's 40 minutes later, you're reading about raccoons in hats.
🛠️ The Solution
Add any website to your blocklist
Toggle focus mode on/off in one click
Clean, lightweight interface
Works offline, saves your list in Chrome storage
Doesn't scream at you — just quietly prevents dumb decisions
🧰 Tech Stack
Chrome Extension (Manifest v3)
HTML/CSS + vanilla JS
Chrome APIs: webNavigation, storage, host_permissions
Lightweight, no background memory bloat
🧪 Behind the Scenes
Built in a few hours as a side-distraction from procrastinating on another project
Fully privacy-friendly — no data leaves your browser
Meant to be dumb-simple and fast to deploy
✨ Key Features
🛑 One-click website blocking
📃 Local-only blocklist
⚡ Minimal permissions
🎯 Designed for the "I'll just check Twitter real quick" moment
🙅 No analytics. No tracking. No pressure.
🔗 Try It Now
Focus Buddy on Chrome Web Store