WorkflowGate blocks Instagram, TikTok, and the rest of the feed until you do the one work task you've been avoiding: send the invoice, follow up, submit the draft. Built for freelancers who are tired of losing billable hours to the scroll.
Do one of these first. Then the sites open.
You opened Instagram to quickly check something.
Only one of those got your attention today.
You promise yourself you'll be more disciplined next time.
Takes about 30 seconds. No account required.
Be specific: "email invoice #42 to Acme," not "be productive." The next physical action, not the whole dreaded thing.
Reach for Instagram and WorkflowGate points you back at that task. Do it, check it off, and your break is yours. Big task you can't finish now? Start a short session on it instead.
No points, no badges, no fake urgency. Just a mechanism that's honest about how habits change.
Your tasks, sessions, and settings live only in your browser's local storage. WorkflowGate has no server, so there's nothing to leak because nothing is ever sent.
Other blockers just wall sites off and hope you comply. WorkflowGate ties your scroll to a real task, so getting in is something you earn. That's why it changes behavior instead of just nagging.
Removing a blocked site takes ten minutes to kick in, and skips are limited. Easy to set up in a clear moment, hard to dismantle in a weak one.
Currently works on Chrome, Brave, and Edge.
Yes. Add any domain from the extension popup.
You get a few skips a week, labelled honestly as skips. They're limited on purpose, so reaching for one is a real decision and not a reflex.
No. WorkflowGate works in your desktop browser, where freelance work and work-time scrolling both happen. It guards the workday at your desk, not your whole phone, and we'd rather be honest about that than pretend otherwise.
Everything stays on your device. We never see your tasks or browsing data.
They block sites and hope you comply, so you switch them off the moment you're bored. WorkflowGate makes the avoided work the toll: do the task you've been dodging and your break unlocks. Getting in is earned, not given, and it's deliberately harder to switch off in a weak moment.
Install WorkflowGate and do the one thing you've been avoiding. It's free.