Countdown-Timer

Neon Countdown Timer (desktop app)

A frameless, real always-on-top version of the timer — no browser window, no title bar, no file-path bar. It will float above PowerPoint, Word, and full-screen presentations.

Setup (one-time)

You need Node.js installed (any recent version).

1. Unzip/copy this folder anywhere on your computer.
2. Open a terminal/command prompt in this folder.

3. Run:

   npm install
   

   This downloads Electron (~150 MB, one-time).

Running it

npm start

A small black window opens, always on top of everything else, with no title bar. Drag it by clicking and holding anywhere in the top row (next to the badge/tabs). Resize it from any edge/corner like a normal window. Click the ✕ in the top-right corner to close it.

Notes

• All your settings (custom alarm sound, volume) are remembered between runs, same as the browser version.
• To change the badge, replace midstream-ridge-badge.png in this folder with your own image (same filename), or edit the <img src="..."> line near the top of timer.html.

  Building a standalone .exe (no Node.js needed to run it)

Once npm install has been run at least once:

npm run dist

This produces a portable Neon Countdown Timer.exe (Windows) under the dist/ folder — no installer, no Node.js required on the machine that runs it. Just copy that one .exe anywhere and double-click it. On macOS/Linux the same command produces a .dmg/.AppImage instead.

Building takes a minute or two the first time (it downloads Electron’s platform binaries). Re-run npm run dist any time you change timer.html to refresh the .exe.