Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, or myopia.
Initial release | 2002 |
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Repository | |
Written in | C++ (Gtkmm) |
Operating system | Linux, Cross-platform[1] |
Type | Health-related software Repetitive strain injury |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | workrave |
The software encourages taking breaks and periodically locks the screen while showing an animated character, “Miss Workrave”, walks the user through various stretching exercises,[2][3] urges them to take a coffee break and sets a daily work time limit after which it automatically triggers an action, such as suspend the machine.[4]
The program is cross-platform and dependent on the GTK+ graphical widget toolkit as well as other GNOME libraries on Linux such as GNet . It is also available for Microsoft Windows.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Workrave: Developer information". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Workrave : combating RSI the free software way". freesoftwaremagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Ryan Cartwright (28 May 2008). "Workrave : combating RSI the free software way". Free Software Magazine. The Open Company Partners. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". www.workrave.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
External links
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