| What it does | Keep your MacBook awake with the lid closed for long-running AI agents and tasks, no external display needed
| One app. Every platform. All Day.
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| Stage | Startup
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| Open source
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| Pricing | Free 3-day trial (sessions up to 8 hours). Then $9 USD once per Mac, tax included. No subscription.
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| Key features | - Keep MacBook awake with lid closed, no external display or keyboard needed
- Sessions with no limit or custom duration up to 168 hours
- Run on AC power by default, optional battery use down to chosen level
- Built-in display off with lid closed
- Command-line interface with JSON output for AI agents
- Independent watchdog service restores normal sleep after failure
- Thermal cutoff on battery at serious heat levels
- No account, analytics, or logs required
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other AI agents
| - Native UI toolkits (AppKit, UIKit, Material Components, WinUI, GTK, Qt)
- Shared Rust codebase for interface and logic
- Localization with Fluent catalogs
- UI testing with DayScript walkthroughs
- Automated packaging and app store submission preparation
- Accessibility annotations with native integration
- Platform-specific extensions in Cargo crates
- VS Code extension for development workflow
- Crash reporting integration
- Reusable components across apps
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| What makes it different | - Only keep-awake app with independent watchdog, thermal cutoff, and AI agent interface
- Clamshell mode without external monitor, display, or keyboard
- JSON interface allows agents to start, check, and stop sessions autonomously
- Control agents from your phone while MacBook lid is closed
| - Single Rust codebase compiles to native machine code for each target
- Platform-native appearance and behavior without custom rendering
- Keep existing Rust libraries unchanged and reuse across platforms
- Full open source framework under MPL-2.0 with inspectable and modifiable code
- Unified CLI and test format for all platforms and builds
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 1 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | 29 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 1 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 0 | 25 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 0 | 29 |
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