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Hydration Reminder

Hydration Reminder

MChiodi

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An extension that takes care of your health while you code. Receive smart alerts to drink water, stretch, and stay focused without compromising your well-being.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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💧 Hydration Reminder — Your healthy break extension for VSCode

Take care of your body while your mind creates.
Hydration Reminder is a simple and effective extension that reminds you to hydrate, stretch, and take strategic breaks during long coding sessions.


✨ Key Features

  • ⏱️ Monitors your typing activity in real time
  • 💧 Displays an alert after 1 hour of continuous coding
  • 💤 Automatically resets after 10 minutes of inactivity
  • 🔔 Interactive notifications with motivational messages
  • 🖥️ Visible status in the VSCode bottom bar
  • 🟢 Toggle on/off mode with one click

📸 Alert Example

💧 *Break time!*
You’ve been coding non-stop for 1 hour.

Interactive options:

  • ✅ Done
  • ⏳ Remind me later

🧪 How it works

  • Automatically activates when VSCode is opened
  • Tracks your typing time
  • Resets the timer after detecting inactivity
  • Allows toggling between active/inactive directly from the status bar

🚀 Installation

Via Marketplace (coming soon)

Search for Hydration Reminder in the VSCode Extensions tab.

Manual Installation (.vsix)

  1. Download the .vsix file
  2. Run the command:
code --install-extension hydration-reminder-1.0.0.vsix

⚙️ Available Settings

You can customize the reminder timing:

{
  "hydradev.alertTimeInMinutes": 60,
  "hydradev.idleResetTime": 10
}

🙋‍♂️ Author

Developed with focus on health, productivity, and good humor by
Matheus Chiodi • @MChiodiDev


☕ Contribute

If this extension helped you, consider giving it a GitHub star ⭐
Suggestions, improvements, or bugs? Feel free to open an issue!

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