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Keep Mac Awake vs SynthForge IO

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Keep Mac Awake compared with SynthForge IO
DetailKeep Mac Awake logo Keep Mac AwakeSynthForge IO logo SynthForge IO
What it doesKeep your MacBook awake with the lid closed for long-running AI agents and tasks, no external display needed Free test data generator with realistic multi-table datasets and foreign keys intact
StageStartup Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
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Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingFree 3-day trial (sessions up to 8 hours). Then $9 USD once per Mac, tax included. No subscription. Free tier: up to 20,000 rows per dataset, schema design at any size, no credit card required. Paid: metered in credits beyond free allowance, 1 credit = 1 cent; full 1,000,000-row dataset costs 41 credits. Credit packs: $5 for 500 credits, $50 for 6,000 credits, $100 for 13,000 credits. Personal API
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
  • AI-powered natural language schema design
  • Visual drag-and-drop schema editor
  • SQL DDL import with LLM-based parser
  • 152 realistic field types across 19 categories
  • Referential integrity with single-column foreign keys
  • Cardinality ratios for parent-child relationships
  • Export to 7 SQL dialects and multiple formats
  • Statistical distributions and constraints
  • Hosted MCP for AI agent integration
  • Auto-saved generation defaults
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
  • Multi-table foreign key integrity preserved across generated datasets
  • Schema design free at any size, only generation is metered
  • Generates data in under a minute at scale
  • Single, universal format works for SQL and NoSQL databases
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)2 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)025
Referring domains (Majestic)014

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