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</div> <div align="center"> <a href="https://cati.me" target="_blank"> <img src="Images/catime_resize.png" alt="Catime" width="249"> </a> <h1> <a href="https://cati.me" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: inherit;">Cati.me</a> </h1> </div> <!-- Project Description + Rocket Icon --> <p align="center"> An ultra-lightweight Windows countdown and Pomodoro tool written in <b>pure C</b> with a clean transparent interface,<br/> rich customization, powerful shortcuts, and almost no resource usage. </p> <p align="center"> <img src="https://count.getloli.com/@catime?name=catime&theme=booru-qualityhentais&padding=7&offset=0&align=top&scale=1&pixelated=1&darkmode=auto" width="400"> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://hellogithub.com/repository/00a7a32b7bc647e1a62747530bc16115" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img src="https://api.hellogithub.com/v1/widgets/recommend.svg?rid=00a7a32b7bc647e1a62747530bc16115&claim_uid=JBczix10rXqNblQ" alt="Featured｜HelloGitHub" style="width: 250px; height: 54px;" width="250" height="54" /> </a> <a href="https://trendshift.io/repositories/15506" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img src="https://trendshift.io/api/badge/repositories/15506" alt="Catime | Trendshift" style="width: 250px; height: 55px;" width="250" height="55" /> </a> <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/catime?utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-catime" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=942133&theme=light" alt="Catime - a very useful timer | Product Hunt" style="width: 250px; height: 54px;" width="250" height="54" /> </a> </p> <!-- Demo Video --> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <video src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a59a85af-c522-4081-9a84-e0d3a71be236 " autoplay loop style="border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px;"></video> </div> <!-- Community Links --> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> 👏 Join us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/W3tW2gtp6g" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #5865F2;">Discord</a> and <a href="https://qun.qq.com/universal-share/share?ac=1&authKey=jLajcI6fmsK8MYh9Sx8s0IArOuR5k7mnn8upVJK%2BgJkeXrEop9EBsAD8tP%2BLhPDs&busi_data=eyJncm91cENvZGUiOiIxMDI3MzI3OTEyIiwidG9rZW4iOiI0UlNlc1RzV0QyUlZKNzBMK3RWczRZOUt0K0xIRHRvVVZSQnR3OFo3bUxBMFAzcG9jUjRZa2dwUGZEaCs0ZEhuIiwidWluIjoiMjM3NzY0MDY5OSJ9&data=6Ce8O75Fxrd5GoBAByGHSoQNA3cK7t4WyUWyoI9FB3LK0mmPbgtK3PlGKQrt4vQvQsrlV4QkdQ7lQKt8TDkEg&svctype=4&tempid=h5_group_info" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #12B7F5;">QQ Group(1079222265)</a>to say hi and ask questions. </div>

🎨 Powerful Tray Animations

Your tray icon can now come alive! Catime brings powerful custom animation features:

• Custom Animations: Use GIF, WebP, and static images like PNG & JPG as your tray icon.
• System Status: Supports real-time display of CPU %, Memory %, Battery %, and Caps Lock status.

<div align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0354b85b-0f96-4978-98e8-df4c0a7ec740" width="600" height="200" alt="tray_animation" /> </div>

[!TIP] Looking for more fun animations? Check out our companion project, MemeTray!

💫Plugins

Plugins write to output.txt, Catime displays it — that simple.

<img width="1105" height="481" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/734037a7-997c-48dd-b93f-513d1696ac54" /> <img width="1920" height="899" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1ca3e4a4-c6b0-4c42-ac40-152330cec07a" />

[!TIP] Looking for more useful Plugins? Check out our companion project, Catime-Plugins!

❤️‍🔥Staying tuned with us

Star us and witness how this pure C-crafted minimalist time tool continues to evolve - don't miss any exciting updates!

<a href="https://github.com/vladelaina/Catime" target="_blank">

<img  src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/50cfc9d4-3d3f-4370-b233-89d76f78977e" />

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Sponsors

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<table align="center"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 10px;"> <img alt="SignPath" src="https://signpath.org/assets/favicon-50x50.png" /> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle;"> Free code signing on Windows provided by <a href="https://signpath.io">SignPath.io</a>, certificate by <a href="https://signpath.org/">SignPath Foundation</a> </td> </tr> </table> </div>

📥 Download

• GitHub Releases

  Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

• Winget

  winget install --id VladElaina.Catime
  

📑User Guide

• Left-click tray icon: Set time
• Right-click tray icon: Set menu
• Edit mode: Drag to adjust position, scroll wheel to resize, 🖱️ right-click to exit edit mode

Configuration file saved at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Catime\config.ini

⚡Font Optimization

Reduce custom font file size by 90%+ with the official Font Simplification Tool.

Since Catime only displays numbers and symbols (0-9, :, .), most font characters are unnecessary.

Recommendation: Keep your original font files as backups. Future software updates may require additional characters beyond the current set.

🛠️ Development

Prerequisites: MinGW and CMake are required to build Catime.

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/vladelaina/Catime.git
cd Catime

# INSTALL DEPENDENCIES
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y mingw-w64 cmake

# Arch Linux  
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm mingw-w64 cmake

# Windows - See setup instructions below

<details> <summary>📋 Windows Setup Instructions</summary>

📦 Required Tools

| Tool | Description | Recommended Version Format | Download Link | | ---------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | MinGW | GCC Compiler | x86_64-<version>-release-win32-seh-ucrt-rtv<num>-rev<num>.7z | MinGW Build | | CMake | Build Tool | cmake-<version>-windows-x86_64.msi | CMake |

🔧 Installation Steps

1. Install MinGW

1. Download x86_64-<version>-release-win32-seh-ucrt-rtv<num>-rev<num>.7z from MinGW Build
2. Extract to C:\mingw64
3. Add C:\mingw64\bin to your PATH environment variable:
   • Open: Control Panel → System → Advanced System Settings → Environment Variables
   • Find Path in System variables, click "Edit"
   • Add: C:\mingw64\bin

2. Install CMake

1. Download and run cmake-<version>-windows-x86_64.msi from CMake
2. During installation, select "Add CMake to the system PATH"

3. Verify Installation

gcc --version
cmake --version

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Building

chmod +x build.sh && ./build.sh   # Linux
build.bat                         # Windows

🎁 Support

<div align="center" style="margin: 20px 0;"> <a href="https://vladelaina.github.io/Catime/support.html"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Support_Catime-EA4AAA?style=for-the-badge&logo=githubsponsors&logoColor=white" alt="Support Catime" width="2500" height="1250"> </a> </div> <a href="https://vladelaina.github.io/Catime/support.html"> <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/49035b18-e803-4ee8-9ea5-2e3f32f099de" width="1889" height="872" alt="image" /> </a>

Project Status

🌟Star History

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✨Acknowledgements

With special appreciation to 猫屋敷梨梨Official for the beautiful icon design.

Special thanks to the following contributors(chronological order):

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"> <a href="https://github.com/MadMaxChow"><img src="https://vladelaina.github.io/Catime/assets/Contributors/MAX%C2%B0%E5%AD%9F%E5%85%86.webp" width="100px;" alt="MAX°孟兆"/><br /><sub><