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babitakry/stopwatch-timer

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TLDR

Minimalist React and Tailwind web app that runs a high-precision stopwatch and a user-set countdown timer on one Apple-inspired page.

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((Stopwatch-Timer))
    Inputs
      User start and stop
      Hours minutes seconds
    Outputs
      Stopwatch readout
      Countdown readout
      Monospaced digits
    Use Cases
      Quick browser stopwatch
      Personal countdown timer
      Embed in a portfolio
    Tech Stack
      React
      TypeScript
      Tailwind CSS
      Vite

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Drop a minimalist stopwatch and countdown timer page on any static host like Vercel.

USE CASE 2

Use as a starter template for a small React plus TypeScript plus Tailwind portfolio project.

USE CASE 3

Embed a focused stopwatch widget on a personal site without backend or accounts.

USE CASE 4

Study a tidy example of monospaced digit rendering for time displays.

Tech stack

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSVite

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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In plain English

Stopwatch-Timer is a small web app that does two simple things in one place: it runs a stopwatch and it runs a countdown timer. The author describes it as clean, responsive, and minimalist, built with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. There is a live deployed version linked from the README on Vercel, so you can try it in a browser without installing anything yourself. The stopwatch side tracks time at high precision, counting hours, minutes, seconds, and centiseconds, which are hundredths of a second. The timer side lets you type in your own hours, minutes, and seconds, and then counts down from there. Those are the only two features the README claims, and the project is positioned as a focused tool rather than a kitchen-sink time utility with extras like lap recording, alarms, or saved presets. The visual style is described as Apple-inspired: minimal layout, smooth hover effects, and monospaced numbers so the digits do not jitter as they tick. That last detail matters because in many timer apps the numbers visibly jump around as wider digits replace narrower ones, and a monospaced font keeps every digit the same width, so the display stays steady. To run it yourself, the README shows three standard commands. You install dependencies with npm install, start a local dev server with npm run dev, and build a production version with npm run build. There is no mention of tests, configuration files, an API, user accounts, or any backend, which fits a small front-end-only project that you can drop on any static host such as Vercel.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Clone Stopwatch-Timer, run npm install, npm run dev, and open the local page in my browser.
Prompt 2
Add a lap-recording feature to the stopwatch side without changing the minimalist visual style.
Prompt 3
Extend the countdown timer with a saved-presets list backed by localStorage.
Prompt 4
Convert the Tailwind styles in this project from a monospaced-digit setup to a tabular-nums approach and explain the trade-offs.
Prompt 5
Build a production bundle with npm run build and deploy it to a fresh Vercel project.
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