ZenMode: Build Better Digital time

We just hit our first 100 users at FOSS'26 Hack! We are LIVE! 🎉

A massive and heartfelt THANK YOU to the entire India FOSS Team for this incredible opportunity. We built ZenMode to help you take your time back, and the response has been amazing.

"Less scrolling. More living. Less noise. More clarity."

Try ZenMode on the Play Store Here!

🛑 The Problem with Existing Launchers

Most minimal launchers on the market right now fall short. They are boring, feature outdated brand styles, and most importantly, they don't actually help you reduce screen time. They strip away the colors but leave you alone with your habits, no mindful unlock prompts, and zero social accountability.

✨ How ZenMode is Different

ZenMode isn't just a home screen; it's an active partner in your digital wellbeing. We tackle the Top 3 Problems of smartphone addiction head-on:

1. Mindless Unlocks

2. Mindless Smartphone Usage

3. Mindless Scrolling

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🤝 Zen Buddy(Our Core Innovation)

ZenMode's Zen Buddy is what separates us from every other minimal launcher. Pair with a friend or match with a stranger & share screen time stats and hold each other accountable.

No other FOSS launcher does this.

🧘‍♂️ The Zen Toolkit (Key Features)

• Mindful Scrolling: Get a gentle interruption every 20 minutes to break the doom-scroll cycle. Deep in a productive session? Use the "Don't remind me for the next 4 hours" option to stay in the zone.

• Mindful Unlock: Before your phone fully opens, ZenMode gives you a 7-second breathing window. Take a pause and ask yourself: "Do I really need to open this right now?"

• Zen Buddy (Social Accountability): Mindfulness is better together. Pair up with a friend, partner, parent, or use Random Connect to match with a mindful stranger. You and your Zen Buddy will share screen time stats to keep each other on track!

• Streaks: Build and maintain your mindful days.

• Distraction-Free UI: Pin only your essential apps for quick access. Everything else stays out of sight.

• Easy Lock: Lock your screen instantly with a single tap.

🚀 Architecture Overview

ZenMode uses a modular composite build architecture to separate open-source definitions from proprietary backend implementations:

• app: The main Android application module containing all UI, views, ViewModels, and navigation logic.

• core-api: The public interface layer defining contracts for authentication, analytics, Firestore database interactions, and domain models.

• core-mock: A mock implementation of core-api used for open-source contributors and local testing without requiring private backend keys.

• core-private (Not in this repository): The closed-source implementation containing actual integrations with Firebase, PostHog, and other proprietary services.

✨ ZenMode Product Market Fit Funnel (Product Tracking)

app_first_open → onboarding_started → permission_granted → launcher_set_default → setup_completed → buddy_share_started → buddy_code_copied or buddy_code_shared → buddy_code_pasted → buddy_connected → retention_day_30_active

(Tracked via posthog, an open source all-in-one product tracking platform)

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