Hold back the feeds.
Seawall locks the sites and apps you lose hours to, until a time you pick. Hold to start. No changing your mind five seconds later.
Try it. Press and hold the button.
Block Shorts. Keep YouTube.
A rule can be a whole site or one part of it. Shorts stays shut while the rest of YouTube works.
Switch tabs to see what's blocked.
Blocked tabs land somewhere calm.
One slow breath, a question about what brought you here, or a short stacking game. Then back to work.
This is the real page. Try the three tabs.
Stricter any time. Never looser.
Add time or more sites to a block that's already running. Nothing makes it shorter.
Try + Add.
Leaving early takes a wait.
Ten minutes on Flexible, thirty on Firm. Then you get two minutes to end it, or it keeps going. Locked means locked.
Games close in a second.
Turn on Games and anything macOS lists as a game closes, even ones you never added.
Starts on its own.
Lock Work every weekday morning, or when you turn on a Focus.
seawall://lock?list=Work&until=18:00
No extension.
Seawall reads tab addresses in Safari and Chrome. Browsers it can't read just close during a block.
Pay once. Keep it.
- No subscription and no account.
- Your money back within 30 days if it's not for you.
- Your lists and history stay on your Mac.
- Open source. Build it yourself for free if you like.
Questions
Can I get around it?
With a terminal and a few minutes, yes. Seawall stops the impulse, not a determined person. If you quit it during a block, it opens again within seconds.
Which browsers does it work with?
Safari and Chrome, with no extension. Private windows too. Arc, Brave and Edge should work but haven't been tested yet. Firefox and others can't be read, so you can have them closed during a block.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. Everything stays on your Mac. The app checks for updates once a day, and the check sends only its version number.
Is there a free trial?
No, but there's a 30-day refund. If Seawall isn't for you, write and you get your money back.
What do I need?
A Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later.