Keepresso: capabilities, use cases, and sources

Keepresso is a native macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac awake on your terms: smart triggers, timed sessions, closed-display mode, automation leases with an MCP server for AI agents, and a headless-Mac toolkit, in fifteen languages. Free, open source, macOS 14+. Key features: Caffeination with an off switchKeepresso keeps your Mac awake, on your termsYour Mac sleeps at the worst moments: mid-download, mid-render, mid-call, mid-agent-run, Closed-display modeClose the lid, it keeps workingDownloads, builds, agents, SSH, and backups run to completion with the lid shut, The AI agent trigger watches claude, cursor, codex, gemini, and friends in your terminals, and stands down once the last session has been quiet for the grace period you set, How it works →Sessions & controlPublic Wi-Fi toolsWhen a cafe or hotel login page refuses to appear, open the captive portal, flush DNS, or cycle Wi-Fi from one small recovery panel, How it works →generaltriggersactivityheadless displayPreferencesSet it and forget itEverything configurable lives in seven tabs, with the Gaming & Streaming tools in their own window, TriggersSessions & controlPower, display & presenceAutomation & platformwhat keeps it awakeAI-agent triggerStay awake while a coding agent is actually working, not just sitting open, Connected tools report exact per-conversation state, PresetsApply a named trigger bundle in one click: Meetings, AI Agent, Gaming, On AC Power, External Display, Remote Session, Backup Running, Media Render, and more, or save your own rule sets.