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Awake for Mac

Keeps your laptop awake with the lid closed for long-running tasks.

By pistachionet. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Awake at a glance

Version
1.1.2
Released
2 July 2026
Download size
1.5 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
pistachionet
GitHub stars
2

About Awake

A tiny macOS menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake while the lid is closed. Built for terminals, downloads, syncs, coding agents, and music. Like amphetamine app but not app store exclusive.

Screenshots

Awake screenshot 1

How to install Awake on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Awake and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.1.2 from pistachionet's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Awake show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Awake-1.1.2.zip (1.5 MB).

What is new in Awake 1.1.2

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pistachionet/awake/compare/v1.1.1...v1.1.2

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