Clamshell
Close your MacBook. Keep the work running.
What it does
Closing my MacBook used to kill whatever I had left running: a build, a download, sometimes an agent halfway through a task. I made Clamshell to fix that. The lid shuts, the screen goes dark, and the work carries on. No monitor, sudo, or admin setup.
Keep an Apple Silicon MacBook awake with the lid closed and no external display. No sudo or admin access. Free 7-day trial, then $9.99 once.
Keep the work running while the screen goes dark. One Option-close gesture, no sudo or privileged helper. No need to stay plugged in. It survives power transitions without dropping the session. The built-in display sleeps. Saves power, and hides your work when you walk into a room. A clean wake every time. No relaunch, no hang, no black-screen guessingfrom clamshell.dev
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