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Pawl
Block any app. Unlock it only with a physical key.
Every other blocker has an off switch, and at 1am you find it. Pawl has no unlock button: blocking any app or site is instant, but opening it needs a physical security key (any FIDO2 key) in hand, plus a 15-minute wait. Keep the key in a drawer, or give it to someone you trust. No account, no server, no tracking, open source. Free, with optional Pro for schedules and reports. Built by an indie dev who blocks his own Polymarket with it.
I was inspired to make this for my friends and family that have physical security keys with no good place to use them. I noticed most all people struggle with an app that they use too much or want to limit themselves with. So I made Pawl. I wanted to solve the problem of blocking apps and making it awkward or difficult to unblock them by using a key you can give to someone else or put away in a vault. My code evolved drastically over the launch.
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About Pawl on Product Hunt
“Block any app. Unlock it only with a physical key.”
Pawl was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #375 on the daily leaderboard. Every other blocker has an off switch, and at 1am you find it. Pawl has no unlock button: blocking any app or site is instant, but opening it needs a physical security key (any FIDO2 key) in hand, plus a 15-minute wait. Keep the key in a drawer, or give it to someone you trust. No account, no server, no tracking, open source. Free, with optional Pro for schedules and reports. Built by an indie dev who blocks his own Polymarket with it.
Pawl was featured in iOS (111k followers), Open Source (69k followers), Privacy (11.4k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 100.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Pawl?
Pawl was hunted by Jason Page. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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