An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm
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Profession like software engineer, mechanical / graphics designer takes a lot of strain on your eyes, observing minute details for hours and hours on screen can significantly reduce the blink rate which you might not even notice until it gets irreversibly painful, leaving you with dry eyes. I am already a victim of it, working 20 years as a research engineer in computer vision, zooming into pixel level details to hand craft algorithms. Now the doctors says its only regular use of lubricating drops can keep your eyes safe.Now with AI and available fantastic libraries it's possible to play safe so that your body does not pay the price of your profession. EyesRhythm is build to help you keep the blink rhythm healthy by giving small audio / visual indication to maintain healthy blink rhythm not just by monitoring healthy blink rate but also keeping a watch on how rhythmic they are.EyeRhythm also has a visual log for the neck movement. It is also capable to automatically track the face using multiple webcams that you might have on your working desk to get the best view of your eyes for accurate blink detection.Most importantly it works completely local no internet required.
HN · launched Nov 7, 2026 · 40 upvotes (top 20%) · 0 views
Niche: mindfulness and wellness apps · 230 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▲ +8% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Healthcare
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Blink detection from a webcam can be built with off-the-shelf face landmark models such as MediaPipe, using an eye-aspect-ratio threshold to count blinks. Scoring regularity and adding reminders are simple logic, and a desktop shell with local processing is standard.
Discussion
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Concerns raised: non-OSS app recording webcam 24/7, unverifiable webcam privacy, installing closed-source software on personal machine
Feature requests: open source the app, publish source to verify webcam behavior
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 158 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #30 of 159 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 354 days after the earliest competitor.
- EyesRhythm · ph · 2026-11-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.87
- HappyEyes: Smart Eye Breaks · ph · 2026-11-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Ocular · ph · 2026-09-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- EyeDropz · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- A bedside camera detects REM sleep and agrees with a clinical EEG · hn · 2026-07-05 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- NAPMAC · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Use iPhone's camera as a lux meter · hn · 2026-08-01 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ADHD Focus Light · hn · 2026-01-08 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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