Curbox

Curbox

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Curbox (formerly Digipauwse) is a powerful open source utility for Android built to help you reclaim your time and master your digital habits. It provides a suite of tools designed to break the cycle of screen addiction through granular control and deep insights.

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Why Curbox Stands Out

Most screen time tools are closed source. This raises concerns about your private usage data being tracked or sold. Curbox takes a different path.

• Open Source Transparency The entire codebase is public. Anyone can verify how the app works. This ensures there are no hidden trackers or malicious behaviors. Open source doesn't mean anyone can see how you use the app.

Platforms:

• Android (this repository)
• Web Extension Repository
• IOS (comming soon)

How to install

Please read the docs for step by step instructions

Independent Reviews & Endorsements

• HowToMen (900k followers): Top 20 shizuku apps 2025
• HowToMen (900k followers): Top 15 best android apps may 2025
• HowToMen (900k followers): Top 15 best android apps may 2026
• GadgetGeek (4k followers): Awesome Free and open source apps
• Sam Beckman (600k followers): Best free and open source apps 2026
• Sam Beckman (600k followers): This app makes your phone less distracting
• justtechit.english (462k followers): Open Source App Hunt Part 2
• Sohail TECH (16k followers): 5 Best & POWERFUL Android Apps in 2025
• Anubhav Roy (340k followers): Best Free Open Source Android Apps in 2026
• El Androide Feliz (50k followers): The BEST APPS compatible with SHIZUKU
• Techy Marathi (723k followers): Instagram Reel
• Sillycorns (700k followers): Top 10 Coolest Android Apps of 2025!

Please open an issue if your review is not included, Thank you so much!

In-Depth Feature Analysis

Curbox goes beyond simple app timers. It targets the specific triggers that lead to mindless scrolling.

Blocking & Control

• App & Website Blocking: Block distracting apps and websites completely.
• Tamper Protection: Make it difficult to uninstall curbox and changing configurations.
• Short-Form Content Blocker: Specifically target Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
• Granular UI Hiding: Block specific parts of an app's UI (e.g., block the entire YouTube home feed while allowing searches or hide instagram feed while allowing posts and messages from friends).
• URL Path Blocking: Block specific sections of a website (e.g., block m.youtube.com/shorts/* but allow m.youtube.com).

Insights & Awareness

• Usage Analytics: Detailed insights into app and website usage.
• Focus Statistics: Track your progress and focus sessions.
• Live Scroll Counter: See a real-time count of how many short-form videos you've scrolled through.
• Attention span tracking: Know how well your attention span is while watching short form videos
• Session Timer: A live timer showing how much time has elapsed since you opened a given app.

Mindful Usage Tools

• Focus Mode: Temporarily pause apps and websites to stay focused on your work.
• Scheduled DND: Schedule Do Not Disturb to turn on automatically.
• App-Specific Grayscale: Apply a grayscale filter only to specific apps (e.g., Instagram) while keeping others (e.g., Camera) in color.
• Scheduled Usage Limits: Set when a group is active and how much total use is available during that time (e.g., allow 1 hour of WhatsApp use between 7 AM and 9 PM).
• Home Screen Widgets: Quick access to your stats and controls right from your home screen.

Unlock Mechanisms

Define what happens when you try to open an app after its scheduled usage is finished:

• Strict Blockade: Complete blockade with no access.
• Timed Unlocks: Predefine a short duration (e.g., 5 mins) for each subsequent unlock.
• Dynamic Selection: Choose the duration of your temporary unlock on each attempt.
• QR/Barcode Unlock: Requires scanning a physical QR code or barcode (e.g., from product boxes like books) to unlock. Spread them across your home to force physical movement!
• Sentence Retyping: Requires physically typing a specific sentence (e.g., "I am giving up on my goals to use this app right now") to unlock.
• Unlock Limits: Set how many subsequent unlocks you can perform every X hours.
• NFC
• Adaptive Math

For Developers

• Curbox API: Let your apps directly interact with curbox and start focus modes, change settings, get usage stats, etc. Requires user permission

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! If you want to help improve Curbox, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bugfix.
3. Commit your changes with a clear message.
4. Push to your branch.
5. Create a new Pull Request.

Developing for accessibility services and blockers is complex. It requires understanding how different apps structure their views. We appreciate any help in discovering new ways to block distracting content. Please don't open a PR if you "vibe code" and have no idea what you're doing or what the code does. Preferably, just open an issue with the feature request.

Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md file before working on the project or learning how to make quick contributions like adding support for a modded app in the reel counter, adding support for a new browser, etc.

Special Thanks

• All my beloved donors and sponsors
• Digipauws: Inspiration for the entire code structure and working mechanism
• Usage Direct: For help with app usage statistics.
• ShizuTools: For Shizuku runner implementations.
• MPAndroidChart: For the beautiful graphs and charts.

License

Curbox is licensed under the GPL 3 or later license. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software in accordance with the license.

Contact

For questions or feedback, please open an issue on the GitHub repository or reach out:

• Discord: @nethical
• Telegram: @nethicalps
• Email: [email protected]

TAGS (ignore em pls)

Action Required: Update Your Blocker Configurations. We have made foundational changes to how all three blockers (app, website, and short-form) operate. As a result, your existing configurations may no longer work as expected. We highly advise reviewing and updating your settings. Additionally, you will need to reconfigure both Tamper Protection and the Settings Change Delay. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause!

Please read the docs for app, wesbite, and shortform blockers at curbox.app/docs to understand the changes :)

NEW: • Tack attention span on short form videos and block them on basis of usage • Add NFC tags as a warning screen unlock method and use programmable NFC tags to control Focus Mode @PhantomOffKanagawa • Add adaptive math as warning screen unlock methods • Connect warning screen with focus mode (for example, do not allow unlocks if user hasn't focused for an hour) • Add tiktok global support to reel counter • Add Instagram Lite reel blocking and Pinterest home feed hiding • Temporarily turn off groups for a chosen duration

IMPROVEMENTS: • Choose seconds, minutes, or hours for the warning screen proceed window @binayshaw7777 • Add contextual subtree text and regular expression matching to UI Hider scripts @neverfap-akademi • Fix Instagram home feed hiding after stories scroll out of view @aritra-tech • Add multiple active hour schedules for the same apps and link usage limits to a schedule • Improve App Pause and Keyword Blocker setup, schedule handling, and warning screens • Fix reel blocking and counting on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat • There are no upper limits in focus mode or warning configurations anymore