Keep your Mac awakeuntil the work is done.
Napless holds off sleep while a download, build or AI agent run is going, then lets your Mac sleep when it ends.
Free for 7 days · No account, no card · macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · Notarized by Apple
Why people pay for Napless
Jobs your Mac
shouldn't sleep through.
Until the job is done
Napless keeps the Mac up through a download, render, build or backup, and lets it sleep once that finishes.
AI coding agents
Your Mac stays awake while Claude Code, Codex or Cursor works on a turn, and can sleep once the agent stops.
Calls and presenting
Napless keeps the screen on through calls and meetings, and while you present slides.
Shows you why
The menu bar shows which app is keeping your Mac awake. If it slept, Check Health tells you why.
Safe by default: Napless stops when your Mac gets hot or the battery runs low.
Agent mode Pro
When a coding agent is working,
the Mac stays up.
Turn on Keep Awake While It Works for Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor or Gemini CLI, and Napless holds the Mac awake while that agent works. Each one lets go a little differently; pick one to see how long it holds.
Demo
Claude Code
ProWhile a turn runs
Each turn holds the Mac awake. When the agent waits for your reply, the hold ends.
Keeps your Mac awake while the agent works, for up to 10 minutes after your last prompt. After that, your Mac can sleep even if the agent is still working.
Also GitHub Copilot CLI, Aider, OpenCode, Amp, Goose, Kiro, Cline, Windsurf and more, plus any command throughnapless run.
From Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub and X
What Mac users report,
and how Napless handles it.
“opened my laptop the next morning and the task had actually run all night. battery was almost completely dead.”
IncludedNapless ends the hold when the work ends, and stops at a battery level you pick.
“Long unattended jobs (in our case CLI agent runs) were killed twice by the Mac sleeping mid-request.”
ProAgent mode holds the Mac awake while Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor or Gemini CLI works a turn.
“The session itself is not ended and the menu bar still shows time remaining, so there is no visible indication that protection has been dropped.”
IncludedNapless checks with macOS that the hold is in place. If it isn't, the menu turns orange and offers a fix.
Each quote links to the original post.
Pricing
A 7-day free trial,
then one payment for Pro.
Napless Pro
$24 $8 once, for life
$24 once, for life
Founding price For the first 50 customers. After that, Pro is $24.
The trial starts the first time you open Napless and covers everything for 7 days, with no account or card. After that, keeping your Mac awake needs Napless Pro: one payment for a lifetime license on up to 3 Macs, with no subscription.
Installed Napless before 1.5? You keep the free features you have.
Secure checkout by Dodo Payments · License key arrives by email · Up to 3 Macs
Why not caffeinate or a free app?
- Napless follows the job. caffeinate keeps the Mac awake; Napless keeps it awake until the download, build or agent turn ends, then lets it sleep.
- Agent mode. No free app holds the Mac awake for a Claude Code or Codex turn and lets go after it.
- It shows what and why. The menu bar names the app keeping your Mac awake, and Check Health explains why it slept anyway.
See everything in Napless Pro
| Feature | Included |
|---|---|
| Keep awake | |
| Keep Awake For and Keep Awake Until | Included |
| Time left in the menu bar | Included |
| Global shortcut and Control Center control | Included |
| Presets: Download, Meeting, Render and AI Run | Included |
| Automatic | |
| Downloads, calls and audio, chosen apps | Included |
| Meetings in your calendar, and while you present | Included |
| Any download in progress, VPN, a drive or USB device | Included |
| At your desk, on power, on Wi-Fi, on a schedule | Included |
| Until a file finishes, an app quits or a Terminal job ends | Included |
| While Time Machine backs up | Included |
| While commands are running | Included |
| While a local server is running | Included |
| While a remote login is open | Included |
| Shortcuts and Siri: Keep Awake, Until, Stop, Add Time | Included |
| Shortcuts that wait for an app or a download, and Focus filters | Included |
| Command line, URL scheme, AppleScript and napless mcp | Included |
| Suggestions, and a display and battery choice per condition | Included |
| Work | |
| Insights | Included |
| Alerts on Telegram and Slack | Included |
| AI agent mode (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Gemini CLI and 12 more) | Included |
| Agent holds through napless mcp | Included |
| Any other agent, through napless run or the app trigger | Included |
| Keeps chat apps from showing you as away | Included |
| Keep Awake With Lid Closed | Coming in an update |
| Trust and safety | |
| Honest status, Check Health and napless doctor | Included |
| Why your Mac slept, and battery time left | Included |
| Re-checks Open at Login after macOS updates | Included |
| Stop when hot, stop on low battery | Included |
| Managed settings for IT | Included |
FAQ
Before you buy
For anything not covered here, contact support (a person answers) or email support@napless.io.
Can I try Napless for free?
Yes. A new install starts a 7-day trial of everything, Napless Pro included, the first time you open it. No account, no card, and nothing to click.
What happens after the trial?
You need Napless Pro to keep the Mac awake. Your settings stay, and buying turns everything back on. Napless shows a Get Napless Pro window when the trial ends, when you click a Pro feature, and as a reminder 2 days before and on the last day.
I installed Napless before 1.5. Do I have to pay?
Not for the features you already have. Macs that installed Napless before 1.5.0 keep those free features, such as timers, Keep Awake Until and presets. Pro features still need Napless Pro.
How much is Napless Pro?
$8 for the first 50 licenses (the founding price), then $24. You pay once for a lifetime license on up to 3 Macs; there is no subscription. The Pro page also has a sign-up for Napless news and Pro updates.
What do I get with Napless Pro?
Automatic keep-awake for downloads, calls, meetings, presenting, apps, VPN, drives and USB devices, your desk and a schedule; watches for files, apps and Terminal jobs; keep-awake while commands or local servers run; Insights; alerts on Telegram and Slack; suggestions from your own habits; Shortcuts actions that wait for an app or a download, and Focus filters; AI agent mode for 17 coding agents, and agent holds through napless mcp; Keep chat apps active; and the Time Machine trigger. The first 50 licenses are $8, then $24, paid once for up to 3 Macs.
Does Napless work with Claude Code and Codex?
Yes, with Napless Pro. Open Settings › Agents. Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor and Gemini CLI use Keep Awake While It Works. Turning it on installs Napless’s hooks; turning it off removes them. Update appears when the hooks are out of date. Claude Code, Codex and Grok stay awake while a turn runs, for up to 10 minutes after the last prompt, even if the turn is still running. Cursor stays awake while a turn runs, for up to 60 minutes after the last prompt. Gemini CLI stays awake until the session ends, or for up to 60 minutes after it starts. GitHub Copilot CLI, Aider, OpenCode, Amp, Goose, Qwen Code, Factory Droid, Kiro, Crush, Cline, Windsurf and Continue use Keep Awake While It Runs in the same tab. For a command that is not one of these tools, run napless run -- followed by your command.
Get started
Try Napless free
for 7 days.
It sits in your menu bar a few seconds after you download it, and lets the Mac sleep once the work is done.
Founding offerThe first 50 Napless Pro licenses are $8, then $24. Pay once and it's yours for life, on up to 3 Macs.
macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
