HabitLab
Build better habits online! Tell HabitLab your goals, and it will determine the appropriate interventions via experimentation.
What is HabitLab?
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Summary
HabitLab is an open-source research project from Stanford on helping users reduce their time online. It includes various tools like news feed blockers, comment hiders, and more. HabitLab will try out different tools and figure out what is most effective for you. Data on effectiveness will be recorded for research purposes.
HOW IT WORKS
Tell HabitLab which sites you want to spend less time on. We support all sites, including popular sites like Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, Buzzfeed, Netflix. Each time you visit a site, we will intelligently choose an intervention (which use techniques such as hiding your news feed, hiding comments, pausing videos, showing notifications if you've been on a site too long, and more) to help you reduce your time on the site. If you don’t like an intervention, you can choose to disable it. HabitLab learns which interventions work best for you based on your browsing history and their past effectiveness, and uses this to more effectively help you reduce your time online.
ABOUT
HabitLab is an open-source project developed by the Stanford HCI Group. You can find source code at https://github.com/habitlab/habitlab
PERMISSIONS
Chrome will ask you for the following permissions when you install. Here’s how we use them:
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Pros
- Great for tracking and controlling web browsing habits
- Lots of customizable tools
- Helpful for productivity and reducing procrastination
Cons
- Extension seems no longer maintained
- Several features are broken on latest versions of Chrome
- Could be confusing to use
Most mentioned
- Customizable tools and 'nudges' for controlling web use
- Extension no longer maintained or updated
- Great for productivity
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Safety
Risk impact
HabitLab is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install HabitLab if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
HabitLab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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