AMDIONHow it works
Two halves, one quiet loop
Amdion is two small programs. A desktop app senses where your time goes; a Chrome companion defends it. They talk to each other over a private localhost bridge — a loopback link on your machine that never touches the network.
Desktop · Sense
The menu-bar app
Lives in your menu bar — no dock icon, no window to manage. Summon it with ⌃⇧A, name what you’re here to do, and it keeps a private, honest record of where your time actually goes. Review it in Today; export to CSV or JSON whenever you like.
Chrome · Defend
The companion extension
Watches your real browsing and, when you ask, applies the friction you choose on the sites that pull you away. It works inside the Chrome you already use — your profile, logins, and other extensions stay completely untouched.
Three modes, set by your intent
Tracking is always on. How firmly Amdion holds the line is up to you — and your intent can pick the mode for you.
Off
Track only. Amdion just watches and remembers — no friction at all.
Nudge
A quiet in-page card appears on distracting sites — a gentle pause, not a wall.
Block
Distracting sites redirect to a calm page, so the pull simply isn’t there.
Tell Amdion what you’re here for, and Defend matches the moment — no dials to babysit:
A manual toggle overrides for the session; the next session quietly returns to your intent.
What’s on by default — and what isn’t
The V1 build is deliberately small and quiet. What ships is local; anything more is opt-in, and off until you turn it on.
On by default
- Sense — the menu-bar activity log, stored locally.
- Defend — Off / Nudge / Block in the Chrome companion.
- Intent → mode, so Defend follows what you’re here to do.
- No accounts, no cloud, no analytics. The only outbound call is the updater checking GitHub.
Toggle on as needed
Reshape ships in the build but stays off until you want it — flip Calm distracting sites in the Chrome popup, no rebuild required.
It gently declutters the noisiest sites: fading endless social feeds and hiding the YouTube home wall, so a quick visit stays quick.
Advanced — in testing
More is taking shape in the repo, behind flags and off by default: the Amdion AI assistant, a Kindle-style reading mode for Chrome, and more to come.
Make it your own
Your attention drains are personal — your Guardian should be too. Amdion is open source by design: fork it, reshape it to fit how you actually work, and if your changes might help someone else, send them back to the repo.