PRODUCT EXPLAINER
What is Olungu?
Olungu is a browser extension for people who lose time to tab drift. It checks pages against your current task and distraction profile, then backs that up with hard rules when you want certainty.
In one sentence
Olungu is a context-aware blocker with deterministic escape hatches, built for real browser work instead of total internet lockdown.
How it works
Set a Focus Guard
Tell Olungu what you are trying to do, what tends to derail you, or both. That becomes the decision frame.
It checks pages in context
Olungu looks at the URL, title, and page description instead of relying on blanket domain blocking alone.
Use rules when you want certainty
Allow, block, gateway, and sensitive lists are there for the cases where you do not want AI making the call.
What ships today
Control and recovery
- Challenge a bad block with a reason and reopen the exact page when the dispute is accepted.
- Temporarily unblock manually blocked pages when the block came from a hard rule.
- Mark sensitive sites so Olungu stays out of banking, healthcare, and private account flows.
Tracking and reinforcement
- Set daily goals, weekday targets, and watch streaks build over time.
- See blocked-page analytics and goal context on the pages where drift gets interrupted.
- Use Rabbithole Watch budgets and warning thresholds on sites that are useful until they are not.
Real browser handling
- Mixed-content domains such as search, video, and social are handled page by page instead of being blanket blocked.
- Gateway pages can stay usable while distracting subpages still get checked.
- Olungu protects common auth, payment, and provider flows so the blocker does not break basic internet plumbing.
Plans and access
- Free includes managed AI with daily and weekly limits.
- Pro removes the managed-AI cap and adds cross-browser sync.
- Setup is simple: start on Free, then move to Pro if you want more coverage and account-linked access.
What makes it different
- It can decide whether a page helps the current task, not just whether the site is usually distracting.
- It handles gateway domains differently from hard-block domains, so search and navigation can stay usable.
- Disputes create scoped overrides tied to the active focus context instead of turning protection off everywhere.
- Breaks have boundaries. They pause blocking for a defined window and then turn the guard back on.
Examples people care about
Coding and building
Keep docs, GitHub, staging dashboards, and AI chat open. Block the shopping tab or the random video detour.
Studying and research
Leave course pages, source material, and reference docs alone. Interrupt the entertainment loop when the session drifts.
Long browser workdays
Use goals, timed breaks, and Rabbithole Watch when you want the blocker plus a reinforcement layer around it.
Privacy and trust
- Olungu does not sell browsing data.
- Users can tune rules, challenge blocks, and mark private sites as sensitive.
- The product is designed to keep useful work accessible, not to lock down the entire web.