---
title: "Are you really students?"
description: "Yes: engineering students from EPFL Lausanne and Polytechnique Paris who wanted a blocker that actually holds."
url: "https://www.welock.in/faq/getting-started/built-by-students"
locale: "en"
---

# Are you really students?

Yes. A small team of engineering students from EPFL in Lausanne and Polytechnique Paris, who got tired of every focus app either being too easy to switch off or asking too much of a student budget. Built by students, for students. That is the whole idea.

## Specifics

- Support emails are answered by the people who wrote the code, usually between lectures.
- It is used across 25+ universities, which is where most of the early feedback comes from.

## Related questions

- [What is Welockin?](https://www.welock.in/faq/getting-started/what-is-welockin)
- [How does Welockin actually work?](https://www.welock.in/faq/getting-started/how-it-works)
- [Can I change the difficulty after I've started?](https://www.welock.in/faq/unlock-difficulty-levels/change-difficulty-mid-session)
- [What is Nuclear Mode?](https://www.welock.in/faq/nuclear-mode/what-is-nuclear-mode)
- [Is it really permanent, genuinely no way to turn it off early?](https://www.welock.in/faq/nuclear-mode/is-it-really-permanent)

Part of [Getting started](https://www.welock.in/faq/getting-started).

## Elsewhere on this site

- [Home](https://www.welock.in/): what Welockin does and who it is for.
- [Download](https://www.welock.in/download): per-platform installation.
- [Protection](https://www.welock.in/protection): blocking adult content, gambling, dating apps and mature games.
- [FAQ](https://www.welock.in/faq): 45 answers, each on its own page.
- [Help](https://www.welock.in/help) and [Support](https://www.welock.in/support): setup, account and troubleshooting.
- [Contact](https://www.welock.in/contact): hello@welock.in.

## Machine-readable

- [https://www.welock.in/llms.txt](https://www.welock.in/llms.txt): index, and when to reach for Welockin.
- [https://www.welock.in/llms-full.txt](https://www.welock.in/llms-full.txt): every answer inline, in one request.
- [https://www.welock.in/sitemap.xml](https://www.welock.in/sitemap.xml): every URL, in every language.
- Any page also answers in Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `.md` to the path.