Grow your productivity
Niwa (庭) lives in your menu bar. A focus timer, tasks, notes, and health reminders — all with a leveling system where your plant grows as you do.
v1.4.0See it in action
Six productivity tools in one compact dropdown. Beautiful in light and dark mode.
Deep Focus Timer
Pick a preset or set a custom duration. Commit to focus, earn 1 XP per minute with a satisfying progress ring.
+1 XP per minuteTasks & Quick Notes
Capture tasks and notes instantly from your menu bar. Drag, reorder, and complete.
+15 XP per taskGrow & Stay Healthy
Your plant evolves through 8 stages as you level up. Water and standing reminders keep you well.
8 growth stagesEverything in your menu bar
Seven tools that earn you XP. Level up, grow your plant.
Focus Timer
Pick a preset or custom duration with a circular progress ring. Date-based — no drift, survives restarts.
+1 XP per minuteTask Manager
Quick-add, drag-to-reorder, tap to complete. Clean and minimal.
+15 XP per taskQuick Notes
Capture thoughts instantly from the menu bar. Sorted by recency.
+5 XP per noteCalendar Meetings
Today's meetings from your Mac calendar. Rate and review them to earn XP.
+10 XP per reviewWeekly Insights
Qualitative summary of your week — tasks, focus time, meetings, and trends at a glance.
Health Reminders
Water and standing reminders with smart scheduling — respects work hours and lunch.
+10 XP eachHow Reminders Work
Smart health reminders that respect your schedule and reward healthy habits.
Configure in Settings
Set your intervals, work hours, and lunch break. Reminders only fire during work hours.
macOS Notification
Native notifications with action buttons appear at your set interval.
Track & Earn XP
Actions are tracked in the dropdown. Confirming earns XP and grows your garden.
Click water pill → log glass + 10 XP
Click stand → start timer → click to stop
Snooze → delays reminder by 10 min
Watch your garden grow
8 growth stages from seed to ancient tree. Your plant evolves as you level up.
Get started
Install with Homebrew or download directly. Click any command to copy it, then paste into Terminal.
Homebrew (recommended)
brew install --cask saidjamesphilip/tap/niwa
Upgrade error? Run:
brew uninstall --cask --force niwa && brew install --cask saidjamesphilip/tap/niwaQuick install via Terminal
curl -sL https://niwa-app.pages.dev/install.sh | bash
Direct download
Unzip, drag Niwa.app to Applications, right-click → Open on first launch.
v1.4.0Requires macOS 15+. No external dependencies.
Your data stays on your Mac
Niwa stores everything locally in SwiftData. No analytics, no accounts, no cloud sync. The only optional network call is a manual "Check for Updates" in Settings.
FAQ
Niwa works fully offline. It stores everything in a local SwiftData database on your Mac. No accounts, no analytics. The only optional network call is a manual "Check for Updates" in Settings, which checks GitHub Releases for newer versions.
You earn XP by completing tasks (+15), finishing focus sessions (+1 per minute), creating notes (+5), and logging health habits like water and standing (+10 each). XP fills a progress bar — when it's full, you level up and your plant grows.
Yes. Open Settings to add, remove, or adjust your Quick Pick presets (up to 5). You can also set a custom duration with the stepper.
Niwa requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later. It's built with SwiftUI and SwiftData which require modern system APIs.
Yes — MIT licensed. You can view the source, fork it, and contribute on GitHub.