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Sanctuary
A free, mindful website blocker for intentional browsing.
Sanctuary turns a blocked website into a quiet pause instead of a dead end. A breathing prompt interrupts autopilot, then you choose to return to focus or continue temporarily. Set schedules, track reclaimed time, and keep useful paths such as Facebook Messages available. Free, private, and local-first.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Most site blockers treat distraction like a battle: you hit a wall, get frustrated, and either disable the tool or push through it. Sanctuary takes a gentler approach. When you visit a blocked site, it gives you a 15-second breathing pause and a reflection prompt before you decide whether to return to focus or continue for a short, intentional window.
Sanctuary is completely 100% free, has no account or tracking, and keeps your block list and focus stats on your device. You can set schedules, use quick presets, and see your reclaimed time grow as a small cairn of stones.
Version 2.3 adds a practical boundary feature I wanted myself: block facebook.com while allowing facebook.com/messages, so a useful path stays available without opening the whole feed.
I’d love your honest feedback: does a mindful pause feel more helpful than a hard block, and what boundary would make this useful in your day?
The breathing prompt before showing the blocked page is such a thoughtful touch, it gives you a real moment to reconsider instead of just throwing up a wall. Really nice execution on making friction feel supportive rather than punishing.
the breathing prompt idea is genuinely clever, feels way more humane than just slamming a wall up. love that schedules and exception paths are baked in too, makes it actually usable day to day.
The breathing prompt caught me off guard in a good way, actually made me reconsider before opening Twitter. Nice that I can whitelist certain sites without disabling the whole thing.
About Sanctuary on Product Hunt
“A free, mindful website blocker for intentional browsing.”
Sanctuary was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #159 on the daily leaderboard. Sanctuary turns a blocked website into a quiet pause instead of a dead end. A breathing prompt interrupts autopilot, then you choose to return to focus or continue temporarily. Set schedules, track reclaimed time, and keep useful paths such as Facebook Messages available. Free, private, and local-first.
Sanctuary was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.7k followers) and Productivity (656.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 160.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Sanctuary?
Sanctuary was hunted by Himanshu Kattelu. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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