Your Mac stays awake while agents run. Then it sleeps again.
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No CPU watching. An agent waiting on an API is still working.
One-click hook. Reports start and end, to the second.
Put awake in front: awake codex.
Sees when your tool last did something, not just that it is open.
Awake writes down what ran while the lid was shut. When you open it, you see the answer — including the request your agent was working on.
Claude Code worked for 1 h 12 min.
“Refactor the payment webhook and add tests”
Only when you were actually gone. Under two minutes away, Awake stays quiet.
Temperature only appears when it starts to matter.
When Awake stops, it says why. The dot at the edge of your screen turns red at the same moment.
Hook, Wrapper or just a running process — Awake shows which one it is. A tool it only sees running is never treated as working, because an open idle terminal is not work.
You set how much a run may cost. From 62 % with a 30 % budget it stops at 32 % and hands sleep back, instead of running your Mac to empty.
The times, the tool names and the last request live in ~/.awake on your Mac. Awake talks to a server exactly once, and that is the licence check.
Awake is a signed and notarised macOS app. It uses the power management settings Apple provides and hands them back when your task is finished. The built in caffeinate command covers part of this and stops short of the case that matters most.
| caffeinate | Awake | |
|---|---|---|
| Awake with the lid open | yes | yes |
| Awake with the lid shut | no | yes |
| Turns itself off again | only when you stop it | as soon as the agent is done |
| Screen stays dark meanwhile | no | yes |
| Tells you what happened | no | when you open the lid |
If Awake crashes or quits, the helper restores sleep on its own.
You set how much a run may cost. Awake remembers the level when it starts and stops at that level minus your budget, or at your hard floor, whichever comes first.
Your email for the trial. No sign in, no analytics. One server call: the licence check.
One key for up to three Macs. No subscription. Three days free first.
Get Awake — €7Universal for Apple Silicon and Intel · macOS 14 and later