# TakeFive - Website Time Tracker & Blocker

> Track time spent on websites, set daily limits, block distracting sites, and stay focused with a pomodoro timer. Auto-pauses when you lock your PC or it sleeps.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/takefive](https://chrome-stats.com/d/takefive)

## Overview

- **ID:** `takefive`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** lumiaxth
- **Category:** alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2026-08-28
- **Size:** 158 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/takefive/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/lumiaxth/TakeFive](https://github.com/lumiaxth/TakeFive)

## Description

🌿 TakeFive helps you browse smarter, take breaks, and stay focused. 

✨ Key features:
<ul><li>Usage tracking — automatically records today's time per site, archived daily with the last 7 days.</li><li>Daily limits — set a per-site daily limit and a reminder threshold; get notified as you approach it, and have the site automatically blocked once reached, including already-open pages.</li><li>Site blocking — blacklist any site to prevent access entirely, even when tracking is paused.</li><li>Pomodoro — focus/break cycles (default 25/5 minutes) that automatically block non-whitelisted sites during focus; import currently open tabs into the whitelist with one click. The toolbar icon turns into a tomato  while running.</li><li>Continuous-use reminder — reminds you to take a break after browsing continuously; resets after being away for more than 2 minutes.</li><li>Icon badge — the toolbar icon shows live time: today's total, current site, or pomodoro remaining.</li><li>Smart pause — pause tracking manually; it also pauses automatically when you lock your PC or it sleeps, keeping stats accurate.</li></ul>
🔒 Privacy: all data stays in your browser locally and is never uploaded anywhere.

📦 Version 1.4.0 – What's New
- New "5-minute grace" on the limit block page for a quick passthrough.
- Dashboard insights: change vs yesterday, 7-day total, and today's pomodoro summary.
- New first-run welcome page, also reachable from Settings.
- Hover the floating clock to see a quick overview of your usage.
- Improved settings and pomodoro behavior, plus other known fixes.

📦 Version 1.3.0 – What's New
- Added dark mode.
- Added a floating countdown showing Pomodoro and site-limit remaining time, including on Settings, Dashboard and block pages.
- Added a floating clock (HH:MM) with an independent toggle.
- Pomodoro now counts by wall-clock time and auto-stops when you leave or close the browser.
- Pomodoro countdown is now shown to the second.
- Fixed Pomodoro phase/notification issues and the floating countdown on web pages.

## Rankings

- #78,745 — Overall
- #119 — screentime tracker
- #122 — screen time tracker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `notifications`
- `webNavigation`
- `idle`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/takefive)