Free · for Windows
Take the break
your eyes deserve.
Enso Retreat is a small app that periodically blocks your screen and gives you a moment to look away, stretch and rest your eyes — then quietly gets out of your way again.
Download for WindowsFree and open source. Runs quietly until it's time for a break.
How a break works
Locked, but never hidden.
When a break starts, Enso Retreat blocks the keyboard and mouse, so there is nothing left to click or type. A translucent overlay covers the desktop, and everything behind it stays in plain sight.
A heads-up first
An alert appears shortly before the break, and you can delay it if you're in the middle of something.
Hands off
Keystrokes and clicks don't reach your apps until the break is over. Nothing to do but look away and rest.
Still in the loop
Watch a download finish or a build run through the overlay. The numpad + and − keys make it more or less see-through.
Why it helps
Small nudges, on your terms.
A handful of settings, none of them mandatory.
Rest your eyes
Let yourself rest, look afar and run through a quick eye-gymnastics routine on every break.
Set your own rhythm
Configure the timing however you wish — a classic Pomodoro schedule, or anything else, down to a custom Crontab pattern.
Stays out of your way
Breaks can be skipped automatically while a chosen app is running, or when there's been no activity to interrupt.
Make it yours
Any picture can be shown as a gentle, transparent overlay while the screen is locked — your favourite wallpapers included.
See it in action
A minute of your day, back.
Enso Retreat is already embedded into Enso Launcher as an optional module, but here you can download it as a standalone app.
Ready to take a breather?
Download Enso Retreat, set a schedule that suits you, and let it remind you when it's time to look away.