PawPause
Lock your keyboard and prevent cats from causing chaos
PawPause launched on June 2, 2026 with 147 votes, #226 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
A tiny macOS menu bar app that detects when your cat is on the keyboard and pauses input system-wide. 100% on-device. Open source. Free.
Paw Pause lives in your menu bar, watches for the unmistakable pattern of a cat on the keys, and pauses input system-wide before it posts gibberish or fires a shortcut. Type normally; the cat gets clamped. A tool that reads the keyboard should earn that access. Paw Pause is built so it can't betray it — and the whole thing is open source, so you don't have to take my word for it. Zero network calls, zero storage, no analytics. Nothing you type ever leaves your Mac — there's nowhere for it to go. The detector inspects which physical keys fire and how fast — never the letters. It models paws, not passwords. Every line is on GitHub. Read it, build it yourself, or audit exactly what it does…from miladsafarzadeh1.github.io
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