doit - Just Do It!

doit is a CLI tool to visualize your time and boost your focus. Set a duration or deadline, and see your progress in real time. Use this tool to maximize your concentration and motivation!

$ doit -s "2025-08-12 08:00:00" -d 9h -t "Just Do It!"

Just Do It!
08:00 → 17:00   |   92%   |   8h 14m / 9h

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46 m remaining

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Features

• ⏱️ Time-based progress bar with real-time updates (60-second intervals)
• 🎯 Flexible time formats (2h, 2025-08-10 09:00:00, etc.)
• 🎨 Smart dynamic formatting - automatically adjusts time display based on duration
• 🔄 Real-time updates with optimized 60-second refresh
• 📝 Custom title support for motivational progress sessions
• 🎭 Multiple styles (default, hourglass, retro, synthwave, dotgrid)
• 🖥️ Cross-platform (Linux/macOS/Windows)
• ⚡ Colored output with intelligent time calculations

Dynamic Time Display

doit automatically chooses the best time format based on your session duration:

• ≤24 hours: 14:00 → 16:00
• ≤7 days: 08-16 09:00 → 08-19 09:00
• >7 days: 2025-08-01 → 2025-12-31

Progress and remaining time are also smartly formatted:

• ≤24 hours: 2h 30m
• ≤7 days: 2d 5h
• >7 days: 45d

Install

Via Homebrew (Recommended)

# Add the tap
brew tap matsuokashuhei/doit

# Install doit
brew install doit

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/matsuokashuhei/doit.git
cd doit
cargo build --release
sudo cp target/release/doit /usr/local/bin/

Pre-built Binaries

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases

Usage

# Basic usage with duration
doit --duration "3h"

# Set custom start and end times
doit --start "2025-08-10 09:00:00" --end "2025-08-10 17:00:00"

# Add a custom title to your progress session
doit --start "2025-08-10 09:00:00" --duration "8h" --title "Deep Work Session"

# Use retro style for military-style motivation
doit --start "2025-08-10 09:00:00" --duration "8h" --title "JUST DO IT!" --style retro

# Use synthwave style for synthwave-style aesthetic
doit --start "2025-08-10 09:00:00" --duration "8h" --title "CYBER FOCUS" --style synthwave

# Use hourglass style for a visual sand timer effect
doit --start "2025-08-10 09:00:00" --duration "8h" --title "Time is Flowing" --style hourglass

# Use dotgrid style for a dot-matrix long-range countdown
doit --start "2026-01-01" --end "2026-12-31" --title "Year Focus" --style dotgrid

# Short form options
doit -s "2025-08-10 09:00:00" -d "8h" -t "My Task"

Options

• --start / -s Start time (optional, default: current time)
• --end / -e End time (mutually exclusive with --duration)
• --duration / -d Duration (e.g. 25m, 2h) (mutually exclusive with --end)
• --title / -t title message for motivation
• --style / -S Display style [default|hourglass|retro|synthwave|dotgrid]

Example Output

Default Style (With Custom Title)

Just Do It!
08:00 → 17:00   |   92%   |   8h 14m / 9h

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46 m remaining

Default Style (Without Title)

08:00 → 17:00   |   92%   |   8h 14m / 9h

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46 m remaining

Retro Style Example

[JUST DO IT!] FOCUS SESSION INITIATED
============================================================
[START]     2025-08-16 08:00:00
[END]       2025-08-16 17:00:00
[ELAPSED]   92% | 8h 14m
[REMAINING] 46 m

[PROGRESS]
[███████████████████████████████████████████████████░░░░░░░]
============================================================
STATUS: > ALMOST THERE, SOLDIER! HOLD YOUR POSITION.
============================================================
(Q) QUIT | (CTRL+C) ABORT

Synthwave Style Example

═ JUST DO IT ═
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ 2025-01-01 00:00  ████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  2025-12-31 23:59 ║
║                   62% | 227d elapsed | 137d remaining                     ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
                       ⚡ KEEP THE ENERGY FLOWING ⚡

Hourglass Style Example

Time is Flowing
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elapsed: 30m   |   remaining: 1h 30m

Dotgrid Style Example

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Year Focus                                      348d left

Time Examples

doit smartly formats time displays based on session length:

Short Sessions (≤24 hours)

$ doit -s "14:00:00" -d "2h" -t "Focus Session"

Focus Session
14:00 → 16:00   |   25%   |   30m / 2h

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1h 30m remaining

Medium Sessions (≤7 days)

$ doit -s "2025-08-16 09:00:00" -d "3d" -t "Sprint Week"

Sprint Week
8/16 09:00 → 8/19 09:00   |   33%   |   1d 2h / 3d

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1d 22h remaining

Long Sessions (>7 days)

$ doit -s "2025-08-01 00:00:00" -e "2025-12-31 23:59:59" -t "Annual Goal"

Annual Goal
2025-08-01 00:00 → 2025-12-31 23:59   |   12%   |   15d / 152d

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137d remaining

Development & Testing

cargo test
cargo clippy
cargo fmt
cargo build --release

License

MIT

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