Sakoon mutes system audio before each azaan, keeps the computer quiet through the configured window, and restores exactly what it found — without accounts, ads, telemetry, or any cloud dependency.
Windows 10 and 11 · Portable zip or installer · No admin rights · Source code remains private
In many GCC malls, music stops when the azaan begins. Sakoon brings that same moment of stillness to the Windows desktop.
You may be working with music playing, watching a video, or using an application when the azaan begins. Instead of reaching for the volume key five times a day, Sakoon handles the audio window for you and hands it straight back.
It does not play the azaan and it does not replace a prayer reminder. It simply manages your PC audio around the timing source you have selected.
The name means stillness. That is the entire idea: mute, pause, restore, and get out of the way.
Prayer times vary by authority, region, method, and deliberate precaution offsets. Sakoon keeps those two responsibilities separate rather than blending them.
The monthly CSV or Excel table published by the relevant authority is treated as the source of truth.
Solar calculation runs entirely on the machine and is always labelled unofficial, because it cannot reproduce an authority's precaution offsets.
Four themes ship with the app — Night, Pearl, Oasis, and Amber — and every value Sakoon acts on stays visible on screen.
The failure that matters most for an audio utility is leaving a computer unexpectedly silent. Five rules exist to prevent it.
The output device is muted; your volume stays where you set it.
The previous mute and volume state is preserved.
Restore information is written before audio is changed.
A missed window is not intentionally replayed after wake.
Manual unmute or override causes Sakoon to stand down.
Sakoon's core operation does not depend on a cloud account, advertising network, analytics service, or remote prayer-time API.
The interface renders inside the app itself — no network ports are opened.
No registration, login, profile, or identity is required.
No behavioural analytics or background tracking.
Timing files and settings stay under your control, in plain text.
Presets make configuration easier, but an uploaded official table remains the preferred source whenever one is available.
Two ways to get Sakoon — both free, both from the ArkenApps GitHub repository. Take the portable zip if you just want to run it, or the installer if you want it to start with Windows automatically.
Sakoon.zipUnzip anywhere and run Sakoon.exe. Nothing is installed and nothing is added to Windows startup. If you want it to launch at sign-in, turn Sakoon on yourself under Windows Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Startup.
Sakoon-Setup.zipUnzip and run Sakoon-Setup.exe. It installs per-user (no admin), adds Start Menu and uninstall entries, and — ticked by default — creates a shell:startup shortcut so Sakoon starts with Windows. You can untick that during setup, or manage it later under Windows Settings ▸ Apps ▸ Startup.
Sakoon is not code-signed — a signing certificate is an annual cost this project has not taken on. Windows therefore shows “Windows protected your PC” for any application it has not seen before. That warning is about reputation, not about anything detected in the file.
To continue: click More info, then Run anyway. The prompt stops appearing once Windows has seen the application a few times.
If you would rather verify before trusting it: every release publishes SHA256SUMS.txt. Compare it against Get-FileHash Sakoon.zip (or Sakoon-Setup.zip) in PowerShell before extracting, and only ever download from the official arkenapps/Sakoon release page.
Take Sakoon.zip if you just want to run it: unzip and launch Sakoon.exe, nothing is installed. Take Sakoon-Setup.zip if you want Sakoon to start with Windows automatically — the installer creates that startup shortcut for you (ticked by default) and adds proper Start Menu and uninstall entries. Both are per-user and need no administrator rights.
No. Sakoon is a convenience utility. The relevant awqaf authority and local mosque always take precedence, and Sakoon should never be the only prayer reminder.
Its preferred source is an official monthly CSV or Excel table uploaded by you. Its astronomical fallback runs locally and is clearly identified as unofficial.
No. From version 2.0 the interface renders in its own application window and Sakoon opens no network ports at all. The window uses Microsoft Edge WebView2, which ships with Windows 11 and current Windows 10; on the rare machine without it, Windows offers a one-time free install on first launch.
Sakoon returns to the system tray and keeps guarding your audio. Use Quit in the tray menu to exit completely, which also restores your audio on the way out.
Because it is unsigned and new. SmartScreen flags anything without an established reputation. Choose More info, then Run anyway, and verify the published SHA-256 hash if you want certainty about the file you downloaded.
Recovery state is written before audio is changed, and orphaned state is restored on the next start. Hardware and drivers can still fail, so reproducible restoration problems should be reported.
No. Both the portable app and the installer stay entirely inside your own user profile — no admin, no UAC. The app itself never writes to Windows startup; only the installer creates a startup shortcut, and only if you leave that option ticked.
No. The GitHub repository is public for documentation, issue tracking, release notes, and official binary distribution. The Go source code is not published.
Sakoon is not a religious authority and cannot certify a prayer time. Official awqaf publications and your local mosque override every imported, displayed, or calculated value. Software can fail; never rely on Sakoon as your only prayer reminder.