noprocrast
Shares rank 5 of 7 website blockers by recommenders
Free built-in Hacker News setting that helps curb procrastination; people say it works reasonably well, especially with maxvisit and minaway.
6 people recommended noprocrast in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 3 of 12 months
In 5 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 5 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 33% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 4 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works with maxvisit and minaway
“noprocrast + maxvisit + minaway on https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Brajeshwar is your friend for this”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI” Hard blocks distraction on Hacker News
“Hard blocks (gotta re enable noprocrast here asap”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “I made my phone slow on purpose” Built-in feature people value
“I'm glad that features like Noprocrast exist.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds” Works reasonably well for some
“which works reasonably well for me”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Decentralizing my smartphone with single purpose devices”
Other website blockers people recommend
The four most recommended other website blockers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Sec | 10 | 1 | 1 | 91% | 3 | — | — |
| ScreenZen | 9 | 1 | 1 | 90% | 6 | — | — |
| LeechBlock NG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 88% | 6 | — | — |
| UnTrap for YouTube | 7 | 1 | 2 | 78% | 5 | — | — |
| noprocrastThis page | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm glad that features like Noprocrast exist.”
“Hard blocks (gotta re enable noprocrast here asap”
“noprocrast + maxvisit + minaway on https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Brajeshwar is your friend for this”
“which works reasonably well for me”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.