Hold My Lid is a macOS menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake while Claude Code, Codex, and your other coding agents work, even with the lid closed and the laptop in your bag.
What Hold My Lid does
Hold My Lid is a macOS menu bar application designed to keep your Mac awake during long-running tasks. It ensures that terminal tasks, background processes, and AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex continue to execute even when the laptop lid is shut.
Who Hold My Lid is for
This tool is built for software developers, programmers, and engineers who use autonomous AI coding agents or run long terminal commands on their Mac laptops. It is suitable for users on the move who need background processes to finish while their laptop is closed.
Popular Hold My Lid features
Closed-Lid Operation
Prevents the Mac from going to sleep when the laptop lid is closed, allowing background tasks to continue.
Menu Bar Integration
Runs as a lightweight utility accessible directly from the macOS menu bar for easy management.
AI Coding Agent Support
Maintains active system sessions for tools like Claude Code and Codex to complete automated development workflows.
Sleep Prevention
Overrides standard macOS sleep triggers to ensure ongoing terminal tasks and background scripts are not interrupted.
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