SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete the application.
Developed by Charlie Stigler, Steve Lambert, and you?
Translations thanks to: Lukas Bestle, Paul Ishii, Cynthia Lawson, Heather Rasley, and Tian Zheng.
SelfControl is Free Software under the GPL. See source code for more details.
- 1.4 - Added translations in Swedish, Spanish, German, and Japanese, fixed crash on Leopard, other minor bug fixes
- 1.3 - Automatic checkup safety system, UI refresh, user-settable block duration/intervals, bug fixes
- 1.2.2 - Automatic host file backups for safety, various stability improvements
- 1.2.1 - Auto-whitelisting of local networks, fix bug causing persistent crash on 10.4
- 1.2 - SelfControl Configuration files, live blocklist additions, whitelist blocking, automatic cache cleaning, IP range blocking, dock badging, bug fixes
- 1.1 - 10.4 Tiger compatibility, automatic updates, port-wide block capability, bug fixes
- 1.0 - works on OS X Leopard.