Electronic Clam
Keeps your Mac awake for agents — without cooking it
Electronic Clam launched on June 16, 2026 with 2 votes.
What it does
Your Mac keeps falling asleep mid-task while Claude Code, Codex is running. Caffeinate-style tools fix that - but they stay awake forever, risky when the laptop is closed in a bag (it drains, and a closed clamshell runs hot). Electronic Clam stays awake only while work is actually happening, then lets the Mac sleep. It keeps going lid-closed (IOKit, no sudo), with a real safety guard — a state-conditioned battery floor and a thermal cutoff — so no drain or cook. Free and open source. Menu bar
Keeps your Mac awake while it matters — and lets it sleep when it's safer to. - jadhvank/eclam
Agents must keep working — your Mac shouldn't cook trying. It detects work , not just a running process. The goal is to keep your agent working — safely — without interruption. Everything below serves that. The point is simple: let your agent keep working, uninterrupted. So the toggle tracks whether the agent is working right now , not whether a process exists. While it works, the Mac stays awake; when it stops, the hold releases ( Strict mode). A Lax mode that simply stays awake while the process is alive is also available. Detected by default (5): Claude Code · Codex · Cursor · opencode · Antigravity. Opt-in via Customize (off by default): Aider · Cline · Roo Code · OpenHands · Hermes ·…from github.com
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