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AI · June 3, 2026

Runwhile, Your Mac, from anywhere.

Supervise, automate, and control your Mac from anywhere.

Runwhile, Your Mac, from anywhere. launched on June 3, 2026 with 3 votes, #6,658 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Stop babysitting your Mac. Runwhile helps you supervise AI agents, builds, renders, and long-running tasks from anywhere. 🔋 Keep Mac awake (even lid closed) 📊 Monitor battery, power, and system status 📸 Get screenshots and alerts 🖥️ Open or focus apps remotely 🤖 Run AI clipboard workflows 📂 Search and download files ⚡ Instant remote control Works through WhatsApp and the web. Walk away with peace of mind.

Supervise AI workflows running on your Mac. Receive alerts, watch progress in real time, and take control when needed. Built for headless Macs and automations.

Go to lunch, hit the gym, commute home, Runwhile keeps an eye on your Mac while work keeps running. Get notified when attention is needed and jump back in instantly from your iPhone, iPad, or browser, stop babysitting AI agents, AI workflows, builds, renders, and other long-running tasks. Trusted by developers running AI agents on MacBooks, headless Mac Minis, and cloud-hosted Macs. Runwhile keeps an eye on the work you leave running on your Mac, so you don't have to. It lets you know when something changes, when work is done, or when it's time to step in. See everything that matters in one place. Monitor your Macs, workflows, battery, thermal state, alerts, and recent activity from a…from runwhile.com

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