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Make
distraction
the hard choice.

Forge Focus running on a MacBook

Forge Focus locks your computer at the system level, before your brain has time to negotiate.

Set the limits
Block sites, apps, schedule
Focus Sessions
No exit until time is up
Unlock with Strava
Distraction costs something now
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Forged by 100+ early adopters

The Problem

Your brain has been hijacked.

Your brain treats difficulty like danger and distraction like relief. A trillion-dollar industry has spent two decades making that reflex faster. The pull isn't weakness. It's a system doing exactly what it was designed to do.

Brain being hijacked by digital distractions
47sec
Average screen attention today. In 2004: 2 min 30.

Gloria Mark, UC Irvine

−15IQ
Lost to multitasking. Like a sleepless night.

Glenn Wilson, Univ. of London

Signs you're affected

  • The moment a task gets hard, your hand moves to the browser. Not to find something useful, just to escape.
  • The same paragraph, three times, and it still hasn't landed.
  • Nothing holds your attention anymore — not even what you picked yourself.
  • A five-minute break becomes two hours you can't account for.
  • Doing nothing for more than a minute feels unbearable.
The Method

Reclaim the default.

Discipline fights the same battle every day and loses a little more each time. Forge Focus removes the battle before it starts.

Person working at night by lamplight with Forge Focus timer on laptop, vision board and notebooks in background
Environment

Environment beats willpower.

The goal was never superhuman discipline. It's an environment that makes focus natural instead of forced. Change what's in reach, and you stop needing the willpower you used to rely on.

Neural pathways rerouting around a strengthened synaptic connection
Retrain

Rewire the path.

Every rep reroutes the path a little further. Skip the switch, finish the session, and the route to focus gets stronger while the route to distraction goes quiet. Do it enough times, and the new path is the one your brain reaches for first.

Features

Set your limits.

Most blockers live in the browser. Your habits don't. Forge Focus runs below them, with the structure of a calendar and the firmness of a locked door.

Your blocklist, your rules.

You choose what gets blocked — sites, apps, entire categories. Everything runs at the kernel level, so there's no browser to switch, no incognito to try. What you block stays blocked.

6hReclaimed every week, per user.
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Friction or blocking.

Friction adds a pause. Enough time for your brain to catch up to the impulse. Blocking removes the option entirely.

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Schedule it.

Work hours, deep-focus blocks, sleep windows. Set it once. Forge Focus handles the rest without asking.

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Pomodoro built in.

25-minute sprints, 5-minute breaks. Or build your own: 50/10, 90/15, whatever rhythm fits your work.

Forge Focus GoldForge Mode.

Forge Mode seals your restrictions. No edits, no off switch. When you're ready to unlock, you'll need to earn it first.

Restrictions locked

Lock in. No way out.

Forge Mode locks your restrictions before the urge arrives. No edits, no bypasses — focus sessions become unstoppable. Not until you earn it.

Deep WorkEditable
08:00 — 13:00·17:00 — 23:00
youtube.com
reddit.com
amazon.com
spotify.com
Steam
Netflix
Timer
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220,000+Urges blocked
Reflection
≈ 90 seconds

Type a quote.

Copy a full quote, word by word, to unlock your device. The act of typing forces you to slow down, read, and absorb the meaning before going back to mindless browsing.

You have power over your mind, not outside events. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. Be one. The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

— Marcus Aurelius

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Strava
5 km · or 30 min

Run it off.

Connect Strava. Earn back access only after a logged run or workout. Burn through the urge before you burn through your day.

Strava Challenge

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Built different.

Most blockers live in the browser. Forge Focus runs below them.

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Forge FocusFreedomOpalExtensions
Blocking & control
System-level blocking (all browsers)
Full support
Partial supportSome browsers
Partial supportmacOS bypass bug
Not availableSingle browser only
App blocking (not just websites)
Full support
Full support
Full support
Not available
Total lockdown
Full supportForge Mode
Full support
Full support
Not available
Focus mechanics
Built-in Pomodoro / Focus timer
Full supportPomodoro + Focus Block timer
Partial supportFocus Sessions
Not available
Not available
Unlock via real-world challenge (Strava, retype)
Full support
Not available
Not available
Not available
Privacy & pricing
100% local · no cloud · zero tracking
Full support
Partial supportAccount required
Not availableCloud sync
Partial support
Free tier
Full supportBlocking, Pomodoro & Forge Session
Partial supportManual sessions, max 2h
Partial support2–3 sessions/day
Full support
Paid tier
Gold — $5.99/mo · $49/yr
$3.33/mo · $39.99/yr
$19.99/mo · $99.99/yr
Not available—
OS supported
Windows (macOS soon)
Win · macOS · iOS · Android
macOS · iOS · Android
Desktop browsers
FeatureForge FocusFreedomOpalExtensions
Blocking & control
System-level blocking (all browsers)
Full support
Partial supportSome browsers
Partial supportmacOS bypass bug
Not availableSingle browser only
App blocking (not just websites)
Full support
Full support
Full support
Not available
Total lockdown
Full supportForge Mode
Full support
Full support
Not available
Focus mechanics
Built-in Pomodoro / Focus timer
Full supportPomodoro + Focus Block timer
Partial supportFocus Sessions
Not available
Not available
Unlock via real-world challenge (Strava, retype)
Full support
Not available
Not available
Not available
Privacy & pricing
100% local · no cloud · zero tracking
Full support
Partial supportAccount required
Not availableCloud sync
Partial support
Free tier
Full supportBlocking, Pomodoro & Forge Session
Partial supportManual sessions, max 2h
Partial support2–3 sessions/day
Full support
Paid tier
Gold — $5.99/mo · $49/yr
$3.33/mo · $39.99/yr
$19.99/mo · $99.99/yr
Not available—
OS supported
Windows (macOS soon)
Win · macOS · iOS · Android
macOS · iOS · Android
Desktop browsers
Full supportPartial / limitedNot available

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Enter the crusade

Your attention
is the prize.

Every hour in the feed is an hour the algorithm spent thinking for you. The people building the next decade aren't the ones with more hours. They're the ones who learned to point their hours at the right thing.

Free to download · No account required · Runs 100% locally

FAQ

Honest answers.

The questions we get the most, answered without the marketing fog.

A browser extension is a suggestion. Your brain has already figured out how to ignore suggestions. Forge Focus installs below the browser, where your habits live, so the friction is real and the block holds even when you try to talk yourself out of it.

Still have a question? Reach out.

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