Resting pulse
No agent is working, so your Mac can go to sleep as usual.
Your Mac stays alive, while your agent works.
Alive stops your Mac from sleeping while your coding agent works, and locks it once the agent is done and you are away.
Free. Runs on macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel.
One line, three states
A glance at the menu bar is all it takes.
Full beat
An agent is working, so your Mac stays on.
Lock
The agent is done, and your Mac locks after the countdown.
Works with your agent
One click connects Alive to your agent, and the app adds the small hook for you.
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Antigravity
- Cursor
- Gemini CLI
- Grok Build
- and more
Alive spots Copilot CLI, Aider, OpenCode and others by their CPU load.
You decide what happens
A few switches, nothing more.
Stay alive
Your Mac will not fall asleep, and the display can stay on too if you like.
Lock afterwards
Pick a delay from 10 seconds to 5 minutes, and lock only when you are really away.
Connect agents
One click connects an agent, and disconnecting is just as quick.
Install Alive
Four steps, one minute.
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1
Download
Get Alive-1.0.dmg, it is only 2 MB.
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2
Drag
Open the file and drag Alive into your Applications folder.
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3
Allow
macOS shows a warning the first time, because Alive is not registered with Apple.
System Settings → Privacy & Security → “Open Anyway”
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4
Connect
Connect each of your agents with one click, done.
Let it work
Your Mac looks after itself in the meantime.
Free. Runs on macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel.