# Glimt

> Glimt is a desktop breathing app for macOS and Windows that prompts you to take short guided breathing sessions during the workday. It is a one-time purchase ($39 for a personal license, $32 per seat for teams) with no subscription and no account.

- Platforms: macOS 13 or later and Windows 10 or later. Runs from the menu bar (macOS) or system tray, with no dock icon.
- Breathing patterns: Just Breathe (5-5 coherence), Box Breath (4-4-4-4), 4-7-8, Trikona A (4-4-4, hold on the inhale), Trikona B (4-0-4-4, hold on the exhale), or a custom pattern. Sessions repeat up to 30 rounds, paced by an animated orb (3D or flat 2D) or a custom visualization.
- Reminders: at a fixed interval or at random within a range, limited to active hours. Optional micro reminders run a few slow breaths (four by default) that dismiss themselves.
- Meeting-aware: pauses automatically while the microphone or camera is in use. No audio or video is captured.
- macOS only: Shortcuts integration that runs any Shortcut when a session starts or ends.
- Licensing: purchase gives a license key by email. A personal license activates on up to 2 computers. Team licenses are sold per seat (minimum 5 seats), one key per seat, 1 device per key.
- AI agents: a built-in local MCP server (off by default) lets agents like Claude Code start breathing sessions, change settings and create custom 2D or 3D breathing visualizations. A free Claude Code plugin sets it up (https://glimtapp.io/agent).
- Updates download in the background; when one is ready, the user can restart now or later.
- Maker: built by Yornaath, an independent developer in Norway (https://glimtapp.io/about). Also known as "Glimt App"; not affiliated with the football club FK Bodø/Glimt.

## Product

- [Glimt home page](https://glimtapp.io/): Features, supported platforms, current version, and the personal license purchase.
- [Changelog](https://glimtapp.io/changelog): Release history with date and summary for each version; each links to full release notes.

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://glimtapp.io/pricing): What each license includes: personal license $39 one time for up to 2 computers, team licenses $32 per seat (minimum 5). No subscription.
- [Glimt for Teams](https://glimtapp.io/buy/business): Per-seat team licensing at $32 per seat with a price calculator, 5-seat minimum, and keys delivered by email with a CSV export.

## Free breathing tools

- [Breathing exercises](https://glimtapp.io/breathing-exercises): Index of the free in-browser guided breathing timers; no signup.
- [Breathing Timer](https://glimtapp.io/tools/breathing-timer): A free guided breathing timer. Five seconds in, five seconds out, paced by an animated orb. No signup, no ads, works in your browser.
- [Box Breathing Timer](https://glimtapp.io/tools/box-breathing-timer): A free box breathing timer. Follow the orb through 4 seconds in, 4 hold, 4 out, 4 hold. No signup, no ads, works in your browser.
- [4-7-8 Breathing Timer](https://glimtapp.io/tools/4-7-8-breathing-timer): A free 4-7-8 breathing timer. Inhale for 4, hold for 7, exhale for 8, guided by an animated orb. No signup, no ads, works in your browser.

## Comparisons

- [Glimt vs Mindfulness Bell](https://glimtapp.io/compare/mindfulness-bell): Feature and price comparison with Mindfulness Bell, an app that rings a chime on an interval.
- [Glimt vs Breathwrk](https://glimtapp.io/compare/breathwrk): Feature, pricing and privacy comparison with Breathwrk, a breathing app you open on demand (on Mac it runs as an iOS app).
- [Glimt vs DeskRest](https://glimtapp.io/compare/deskrest): Comparison with DeskRest, a break timer for posture and eye breaks; contrasts guided breathing with movement breaks.
- [Glimt vs Calm](https://glimtapp.io/compare/calm): Comparison with Calm, a subscription meditation and sleep library; contrasts a library you open with breathing reminders on the desktop.
- [Glimt vs Headspace](https://glimtapp.io/compare/headspace): Comparison with Headspace, a subscription meditation and mental-health app; covers when each fits.
- [Glimt vs Stretchly](https://glimtapp.io/compare/stretchly): Comparison with Stretchly, a free open-source break timer; contrasts text break ideas with guided, paced breathing.
- [Glimt vs Time Out](https://glimtapp.io/compare/time-out): Comparison with Time Out by Dejal, a configurable Mac break manager with a free tier.
- [Glimt vs Apple Watch Breathe](https://glimtapp.io/compare/apple-watch-breathe): Comparison with the Breathe session in the Apple Watch Mindfulness app; contrasts wrist reminders with desktop reminders on Mac and Windows.
- [Glimt vs Breathe Dot](https://glimtapp.io/compare/breathe-dot): Comparison with Breathe Dot, a minimal on-demand menu bar breathing app for Mac.

## Integrations

- [Glimt agent plugin for Claude Code](https://glimtapp.io/agent): Free plugin and local MCP server that let Claude Code and other MCP agents start breathing sessions, manage presets, playlists and settings, and create custom breathing visualizations in the Glimt app.

## Support

- [About](https://glimtapp.io/about): Who builds Glimt, why it exists and how it is run.
- [Contact & Support](https://glimtapp.io/contact): Contact form for questions, bug reports and bulk licensing; email hello@glimtapp.io.
- [Terms of Service](https://glimtapp.io/terms): License grant, activation and device-use terms.
- [Privacy Policy](https://glimtapp.io/privacy): What data Glimt collects (an encrypted machine identifier for licensing) and your rights.

## Optional

- [Blog](https://glimtapp.io/blog): Essays on breath, focus and building Glimt.
- [Breathing Tool for Anxiety](https://glimtapp.io/blog/breathing-tool-for-anxiety): Two free breathing tools for anxious moments — box breathing and 4-7-8 — with what the science says, what it doesn't, and when to use which.
- [Screen Apnea: What Shallow Breathing at Work Costs You](https://glimtapp.io/blog/screen-apnea-what-shallow-breathing-at-work-costs-you): Your workday changes how you breathe. What 30+ peer-reviewed studies say that does to focus, creativity and health — and the five-minute fix that works.
- [Tips for Safe and Effective Breathwork](https://glimtapp.io/blog/tips-for-safe-and-effective-breathwork): Five guidelines from my own breathwork practice: go slow, stay relaxed, practise somewhere safe, and know the signs that you are overdoing it.
- [Why I made Glimt](https://glimtapp.io/blog/why-i-made-glimt): I burnt out and hit a wall.
- [RSS feed](https://glimtapp.io/blog/feed.xml): RSS feed of blog posts.