Mater
A simple, native macOS menubar Pomodoro app
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
About Mater
Mater A minimal Pomodoro timer that lives in your macOS menu bar.
As of version 3, Mater is now macOS-only and is now written in Swift.
Features
- Small unobtrusive menubar UI
- Time ruler can be dragged in either direction while running to adjust time
- Configurable work and break durations
- Menubar icon counts down minutes remaining
- Keyboard shortcuts: spacebar to play/pause, escape to dismiss
- Sound effects (by snd.dev (opens in a new tab)) for winding and button clicks can be turned off
What's with the name?
I'm a Pixar fan and Mater is awesome. "Like Ta-mater without the ta" (opens in a new tab). Get it?
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 3.0.2
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- Size
- 993 KB
- License
- MIT License
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v3.0.2
- Released
- Oct 1, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 592
- Website
- github.com/jasonlong/mater
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
PermissiveMIT License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
Read the full licenseHow this app was checked
AppsXi checks every version before it is listed.
Signed by Jason Long (DC57SSRSQE)
Apple Developer ID team DC57SSRSQE
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 59b0f6c5a6c9cb276deecc63a3ea3abaeaa17fea4304e76443a6cdf306bac4b9
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Versions
3.0.2checked
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
ZIP · 993 KB
Questions about Mater
Is Mater free?
Yes. Mater is free and open source under the MIT License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Mater safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Mater from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 3.0.2 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does Mater run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. Mater has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does Mater need to run?
Mater needs macOS Sonoma (14) or later.
Who makes Mater?
Mater is an open source project by Jason Long on GitHub (jasonlong/mater). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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