Belay - Awake For AI Agents
Stays awake while your agents work.
Belay - Awake For AI Agents launched on August 20, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.
What it does
Belay keeps your Mac awake while local coding agents are working, then lets it sleep when they're done. No timers to start, no caffeine switch to remember, and no account or telemetry.
A free menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake while Claude Code, Codex, Cline and Copilot work – not caffeinate, but a power layer for local AI agents on macOS.
Like what Belay does? A star on GitHub is how the next developer finds it. Belay keeps your Mac awake while a coding agent is working. When the work stops, Belay gets out of the way and your Mac can sleep normally again. Built-in detection for Claude Code, Codex, Cline and Copilot CLI, plus one-click presets for Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Aider and Pi. You can also point Belay at a folder for anything else. Detection stays on your Mac. No account. No telemetry. Belay never sends your prompts or code anywhere. Free & open code. Release notes • Roadmap • Demo Belay is free, and the code is open. If it saved you a run, a star on GitHub costs nothing and helps other people find it. Bug…from perfectoweb.github.io
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