Using the fatbrowser dashboard
A walkthrough of the Today, History, and Insights views — what each metric means and how to read your data.
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Getting started with fatbrowser
Install the extension, create an account, connect to the dashboard, and start seeing your focus data.
Minimal Mode hides algorithmic feeds on YouTube and Twitter. Here's how to enable it and what to expect.
Setting up fatbrowser for your team
How to create a team, invite members, and use aggregate focus analytics without compromising individual privacy.
Overview
The fatbrowser dashboard has three main views accessible from the sidebar: Today, History, and Insights. Today is available on all plans. History and Insights require Pro or Team.
Today
The Today page shows four metrics for the current day:
- Focus Score — a percentage from 0–100. It reflects how much of your active browsing time was focused (on sites you defined as productive), adjusted for context switches. Above 70% is good. Above 90% is excellent.
- Focus Time — total minutes you spent in focused work. Displayed as hours and minutes (e.g. "2h 34m").
- Distractions — the number of times you switched away from focused work and back. A lower number means more sustained attention.
- Feeds Avoided — visible if Minimal Mode is enabled. Counts how many times an algorithmic feed was hidden.
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Each metric has a ? icon next to it. Click it to open the Glossary with detailed explanations of how each number is calculated.
History (Pro)
The History page shows your focus data for the last 30 days. It includes two parts:
- Activity Grid — a visual grid where each cell represents one day, colour-coded by focus score. Darker means more focused. Gaps mean days with no data.
- Day-by-day list — each day's focus score, focus time, distractions, and feeds avoided, listed chronologically.
This view is useful for spotting weekly patterns — for example, you might notice your focus drops every Wednesday, or that weekends have lower distraction counts.
Insights (Pro)
The Insights page analyses your 30-day data and surfaces three things:
- Best Focus Time — the hour of the day when your focus score is highest. Useful for scheduling deep work.
- Average Focus Score — your 30-day mean, so you can track whether you're improving over time.
- Feed Avoidance Impact — compares your average focus score on days when you avoided feeds vs. days when you didn't. If there's a meaningful difference, it'll tell you.
Billing
The Billing page shows your current plan and lets you upgrade or manage your subscription. If you're on Free, you'll see options to move to Pro or Team. Existing subscribers can manage payment details or cancel through Stripe's customer portal.