# noprocrast

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/noprocrast/

6 people recommended noprocrast in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free built-in Hacker News setting that helps curb procrastination; people say it works reasonably well, especially with maxvisit and minaway.

Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Works with maxvisit and minaway (1 comment in the sample): "noprocrast + maxvisit + minaway on https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Brajeshwar is your friend for this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088737))
- Hard blocks distraction on Hacker News (1 comment in the sample): "Hard blocks (gotta re enable noprocrast here asap" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358654))
- Built-in feature people value (1 comment in the sample): "I'm glad that features like Noprocrast exist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447708))
- Works reasonably well for some (1 comment in the sample): "which works reasonably well for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872155))

## Other website blockers people recommend

- [One Sec](https://hackerapproved.com/p/one-sec/): 10 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize
- [ScreenZen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/screenzen/): 9 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize
- [LeechBlock NG](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leechblock/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [UnTrap for YouTube](https://hackerapproved.com/p/untrap/): 7 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "noprocrast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/noprocrast/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.