Getting started with BaroSit

Get the app for your computer at barosit.com. You can also try it in your web browser first, with nothing to install.

Front-facing (a webcam above your monitor) or side-facing (a laptop next to a second monitor) — either is fine. BaroSit detects well from both. Just make sure your upper body sits well inside the frame while you are seated.

• Move the camera a little further away, or slide your chair back slightly, so everything from your shoulders to your head is in frame.
• On a dual-monitor setup you can keep using the laptop camera beside your second monitor — side angles are recognized well.
• Allow camera access the first time you launch it. You can change the permission later in your system settings.
• Very dim lighting makes detection harder, so keep your face and screen well lit.

BaroSit does not push you into one "correct" posture. Instead it takes the way you comfortably sit when looking at your monitor as the baseline. Follow the prompt and stay still for 5 seconds to save it.

• Keep movement to a minimum while it measures, and don't rest your chin or face on your hand.
• Keep your head slightly up, look comfortably ahead, and don't tilt your head to either side.
• If you change seats or move the camera, re-measure with "Set baseline again" in settings.

When you drift away from your baseline, BaroSit tells these six apart.

When your posture slips you get a gentle signal, not nagging. That's your cue to shift position or get up and move for a moment. When you recover, BaroSit cheers you on with points and rewards.

• Away detection — step away briefly and it pauses on its own, then picks back up when you return.
• Mini widget and tray status (desktop app) — check your current state at a glance while you work on something else.
• Stretch score and posture grade — see the day's movement and posture habits at a glance.
• The longer you sit, the more it helps to stand up, walk, or stretch for about 1 minute every 50.

Curious why the goal is "move often" rather than "perfect posture"? → See the science behind BaroSit.

Settings have grown along with the features, but you don't need to touch all of them. Just remember these for when you need them.

• Nudges — sensitivity presets (strict, normal, relaxed) and how long a nudge stays up. Start here if nudges feel too frequent or too rare.
• Stronger nudges — screen-edge glow, a briefly expanded widget, a center toast, or sound, whichever you prefer. If you keep missing nudges, try focus mode or forced mode.
• Break reminders — three tiers: a 30-minute reset, standing up at 50 minutes, and a long break at 120. The intervals are adjustable.
• Smarter nudges — cumulative load (when short stretches of bad posture keep piling up), posture variability (when even good posture is held too long), and adaptive sensitivity (automatic correction for the afternoon slump).
• Stretch calibration — tunes detection to your own flexibility and corrects for a side-angle camera.
• Privacy — silhouette mode (outlines instead of video). Error reports and anonymous stats are optional.
• Performance mode — on a low-spec laptop, switch to "saver" to ease the load on CPU and battery.
• Desktop — launch at login, show the mini bar.
• Data — back up and restore your scores, history, and baseline posture as JSON, or reset your records.

💡 In a web browser, detection slows down or stops when the window is covered by another one. The desktop app is different — press the "widget mode" button on the main screen and the main window closes, leaving only a small mini bar so detection keeps running while you work on other things.