Show HN: Modafinil - Let agents continue running while MacBook lid is closed

Category: utility

Tags: macos, menu-bar-app, sleep-prevention

Score: 4.0/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 4, Documentation: 5, Utility: 4)

Modafinil is a macOS menu bar app that prevents MacBook sleep when the lid is closed while keeping the display off, allowing background tasks like coding agents to run uninterrupted. It addresses a specific user need for laptop portability during long-running computations, leveraging system permission controls.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers, devops

Repository: https://github.com/narcotic-sh/modafinil · Swift · MIT

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