A pomodoro timer for study streams in OBS
On a study stream the timer is the show. Put the focus block on screen in a cam window so your camera stays visible, and let the cycles advance by themselves while you work.
Start freeTry it in a browser — FreeHow do you put a pomodoro timer on a study stream?
Set a screen’s clock to pomodoro, choose the focus and break lengths, and use the cam window layout so your camera stays on screen inside it. Focus and break blocks alternate by themselves, so you never touch it mid-session.
Your whole setup, live — every tool fires from one deck. Manual, nothing auto-cycles.
A focus block in a cam window, so your camera stays on screen.
Run the focus block on screen, with your camera still in it.
The usual study-stream setup
A timer website captured in a second source
One overlay that already knows the cycle
Restarting the timer by hand every block
Focus and break alternate on their own
A full-frame timer hiding your camera
A cam window keeps you on screen
Nobody can tell which block you are on
The screen says focus or break, and which cycle
The tools you’ll fire
Live in three steps
Add your Kloot overlay to OBS once
One browser source, and this is one of the things it can show.
Set the clock to pomodoro
Choose your focus length, short break, long break and how many cycles before the long one. The defaults are 25 / 5 / 15 every four.
Pick the cam window layout
It cuts a hole for your camera so you stay on screen while the block runs.
Want the full walkthrough?
This page is the setup. The step-by-step guide goes deeper.
Frequently asked
Do the focus and break blocks switch by themselves?
Yes. When a focus block ends the break starts, and when the break ends the next focus block starts, including the longer break after the number of cycles you set.
Can I show what I am working on?
Yes — a focus block can carry a task line, so the screen says what this session is for.
Does my camera stay visible?
That is what the cam window layout is for: the screen cuts a hole where your camera sits, so you stay on screen while the timer runs.
Which plan do I need?
Pomodoro and the cam window layout are part of Creator ($15/mo). Free runs two screens with a countdown.
More overlay setups
Works alongside everything you already use
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