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Cold Turkey Blocker.The toughest website and app blocker on the internet.
Cold Turkey Blocker is a desktop website and application blocker for people who want a boundary that is deliberately harder to dismiss than a browser extension. You define what should be unavailable, decide when the restriction runs, and can lock an active block so changing course takes more than closing a tab.
It is useful when distraction has a familiar shape: a group of sites, a game launcher, a shopping site, or an entire internet connection that reliably interrupts a work, study, sleep, or recovery period. Schedules and allowances let a block become a routine rather than a decision remade whenever attention slips.
The important idea is commitment, not perfection. Cold Turkey stores its settings and statistics locally, but a blocker has broad control by design and technical users may still find edge cases or platform-specific workarounds, so it should support a realistic focus practice rather than carry all responsibility for it.
Features
- Block or allow specific websites, applications, games, YouTube channels, keyword searches, the whole internet, or the computer itself, depending on the configured block.
- Create recurring weekly schedules, time limits, allowances, and breaks so distraction boundaries can match a workday or wind-down routine.
- Lock an active block to make the ordinary escape routes—such as simply closing the blocker—harder to use before the chosen time expires.
- Add exceptions and affected users where a block needs to stay strict while preserving a necessary page or workflow.
- Track website and app use within the product’s current local statistics and keep settings on the device according to the developer’s privacy statement.
- Install the companion browser extensions for supported browsers when website blocking requires them on macOS.
Where it fits
Cold Turkey is for someone who has already decided which distractions need a firm boundary and wants the computer to enforce that decision. It is more forceful than a reminder timer and can be valuable for focused work, exam preparation, gaming limits, or a planned break from particular sites.
Set blocks carefully: an overly broad schedule can also prevent legitimate work, and some Mac apps or browser setups need testing. It cannot cover devices where it is not installed, and no software blocker is a guarantee against every technical workaround.
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