Producer - Focus Extension

Block Distracting Websites. Unleash Your Productivity. Producer is a powerful Chrome extension that helps you avoid distractions and stay focused on your real work. Block sites in just a few clicks and watch your productivity soar. We waste hours every day scrolling through social media. Producer helps you get your time back. 🎯 WHAT IS PRODUCER? Producer helps you stay focused by giving you intelligent control over distracting websites. Simply add sites to your block list, hit "Start Producing," and increase your working efficiency. Unlike rigid website blockers that lock you out completely, Producer offers flexible blocking that adapts to how you actually work. Completely free! Works on the latest versions of Chrome and all Chromium browsers. Block distracting websites with surgical precision. Producer helps you focus, build better habits, and take back control of your time — without the all-or-nothing blocking that makes other tools so frustrating to use. Most website blockers are blunt instruments. They block all of YouTube when you only wanted to avoid the homepage feed. They lock you out of a whole site when you just needed to skip one page. Producer was built to fix exactly that. 🎯 THE PROBLEM PRODUCER SOLVES You sit down to work. You promise yourself you'll focus. Ten minutes later you're three videos deep, halfway through a feed, and you have no idea how you got there. It's not a willpower problem. Modern websites are engineered by large teams to capture and hold your attention for as long as possible. Fighting that with self-control alone is an unfair battle. Producer changes the odds. It lets you decide — calmly, in advance — exactly what you can and can't reach while you're working, then quietly enforces those choices so you don't have to. ⚡ WHAT MAKES PRODUCER DIFFERENT: PRECISION BLOCKING This is the heart of Producer. Instead of blocking whole websites, you decide exactly where the line sits. Four rule types give you complete control: 🚫 BLOCK DOMAIN — Block an entire site and all its subdomains. Example: block youtube.com and everything on it disappears while you work. 🎯 BLOCK SPECIFIC URL — Block just one page and leave the rest of the site reachable. Example: block youtube.com/feed/trending but keep the rest of YouTube available. ✅ ALLOW SPECIFIC URL — Punch a hole through a block. Allow rules always win, so you can block a whole site but keep the one page you actually need. Example: block instagram.com entirely, but still allow instagram.com/direct/inbox for your messages. 🔗 ALLOW PARAMETER — The feature nothing else does well. Allow a blocked page only when a specific link parameter is present. Example: block all of YouTube's videos, but allow only the ones in your study playlist by allowing the "list" parameter. Your course stays open; the rabbit hole stays shut. Want to go all in? Add a single "block everything" wildcard rule, then use Allow rules to whitelist just the handful of sites you need. Instant deep-work lockdown. 🛡️ MODES: A DIFFERENT SETUP FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK Your focus needs aren't the same when you're studying, writing, coding, or answering email. Producer lets you build named Modes — each its own independent set of rules — and switch between them in one click. Create a "Deep Work" mode that blocks almost everything. A "Study" mode that allows your learning resources. A "Writing" mode that kills social media but keeps your research open. Switch whenever your task changes; only the active mode's rules apply. ⏱️ FOCUS SESSIONS THAT TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Click "Start Producing" and Producer begins a focus session. While it runs, your active mode's rules are enforced and the extension tracks your focused time, your break time, and how many distractions it blocked for you. Every session is saved to your history with an editable name, so you can look back and see how you're actually spending your time — and watch your focus improve week over week. The Stats view sums it all up: total sessions, total blocks, and your average focus time. 🔒 PERMANENT RULES FOR THE SITES YOU NEVER WANT Some distractions you want gone for good, not just during focus sessions. Mark any block rule as permanent and it stays enforced around the clock — whether or not focus mode is on, no matter which mode is active. Set it once and forget the site exists. 🎨 A BLOCK PAGE THAT WORKS WITH YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU When you hit a blocked site, Producer doesn't just slam a door. It shows a clean focus page with an encouraging message, a motivational quote, your live session stats, and a count of how many times it's kept you on track. And when you genuinely need through, you're not trapped: - ALLOW ONCE — slip past a block a single time without changing any rule. - ADD EXCEPTION — permanently allow that page with one click, right from the block screen. Make the block page yours, too. Choose a color theme (black & white, blue, red, orange, purple, or teal), fine-tune the colors, write your own title and message, add a background image, and show or hide elements to taste. 👥 WHO PRODUCER IS FOR 📚 STUDENTS — Block social media and entertainment during study time while keeping educational videos, courses, and research fully accessible. 💼 REMOTE WORKERS & FREELANCERS — Separate real work from distraction, and track your focused hours across sessions for your own insight or your timesheet. 👨‍💻 DEVELOPERS — Keep documentation, repos, and tools open while cutting out the feeds and forums that eat your afternoon. ✍️ WRITERS & CREATIVES — Enter a distraction-free zone with one click and protect your flow while your references stay within reach. 🚀 GETTING STARTED TAKES A MINUTE 1. Install Producer and open it. 2. Go to the Modes tab, create a mode, and add the sites you want to block. 3. Activate your mode. 4. On the Home tab, click "Start Producing." 5. Get to work — Producer handles the rest. 🔐 YOUR PRIVACY COMES FIRST Producer keeps everything on your dev…