AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Take A Coffee
Keep Codex working while your laptop is closed
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.
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A month ago there was a wave of posts and tweets about engineers walking around cafes and parks with their MacBooks propped half-open, as fully closing the lid forces sleep that stops their AI agents. Some people made snarky comments about using tmux or Amphetamine, and some defended their choice with “but I only need it sometimes, and forgetting to disable Amphetamine and finding my laptop discharged in my bag is worse.” This is a solution to this problem. Unlike caffeinate, it will prevent your MacBook from sleeping even with the lid closed, with no external power or display, using pmset…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Got tired of reaching for the terminal to caffeinate my mac and tweaking system settings Now got a new friend in my menubar Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · agentsneversleep.app · its alternatives →
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Capsomnia▲158Caps Lock keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed
Jul 2026 · capsomnia.com · its alternatives →
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Rill Browserfree▲540The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you
18d ago · rill.love · its alternatives →
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Hold My Lid▲14Keep your Agents running while your macbook is closed
Jun 2026 · holdmylid.app · its alternatives →
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Keeps your Mac awake for agents — without cooking it
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Let your agents run while your MacBook lid is closed - narcotic-sh/modafinil
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Francesco from Cua here. I hacked this project together last weekend, inspired by the Codex Computer-Use release and lessons learned from deploying GUI-operating agents for our customers. The main problem: when a UI automation process controls a desktop app today, it usually takes over the human’s session. Your cursor moves, keyboard focus gets stolen, windows jump to the front, and you have to stop working until the agent is done. That is why we have historically avoided encouraging users to run these processes directly on their host machine, instead relying on VMs or GUI containers…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Your Mac stays awake. Sleep is for humans, not agents.
Mar 2026 · holdor.yetanother.one · its alternatives →
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There's often times I want to prevent a computer/laptop/VM from sleeping and while, yes, there's various Caffeine/Amphetamine apps they're often overkill. Instead, this small (12Kb) page does the job and only needs a web browser. It's just a very simple usage of a web api normally used for things like video players: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen_Wake...
2022 · nosleep.page · its alternatives →
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A CLI agent that keeps working when you close your laptop
Apr 2026 · devin.ai · its alternatives →
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AgentManager▲125Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input
Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app · its alternatives →
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Awakado▲79Keep your Mac awake while your AI agents work
20d ago · awakado.noodledragon.studio · its alternatives →
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NoSleep▲2[Free] Keep mac awake when agents work
Aug 2026 · site-ten-blond-47.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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A persistent terminal for Codex and Claude side by side
Aug 2026 · its alternatives →
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Keep your Mac awake when you close the lid
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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