Keep your Mac awake while it works.
A tiny, native menu-bar utility that keeps your Mac awake — for you, or for any apps you choose. Perfect for agentic coding tools like Claude or OpenCode.
No bloat, no tracking, no surprises.
wach is a single-purpose utility. It stays in your menu bar and keeps your Mac awake when you want it to. Pick a duration, keep it on indefinitely, or select a few apps — wach will keep your Mac awake while those apps are running. There is no bloat, no analytics, no telemetry.
The entire app.
No tracking, no nonsense.
Ways to stay awake.
Set it and forget it.
Choose how long your Mac should stay awake, let it stay awake indefinitely, or select a few apps to watch. wach runs from the menu bar and never interrupts your workflow. When your chosen apps finish, your Mac can sleep again.
Timer
Set a duration and let wach turn itself off.
Always on
Keep your Mac awake until you stop it.
App watcher
Select apps; wach stays awake while they run. Great for agentic coding tools like Claude or OpenCode.
Download wach.
Direct Download
Free. Download the signed and notarized .app bundle.
Free
Version 1.0.0. Requires macOS 14 or later.
Mac App Store
Cheaper than a cup of coffee. Supports development and gives you automatic updates.
One-time purchase
Coming to the Mac App Store for Apple Silicon Macs. Until then, use the direct download.
What's new
View full changelog- First public release.
- Menu-bar utility that keeps your Mac awake.
- Choose a duration, keep awake indefinitely, or watch selected apps.
- App watcher keeps the Mac awake while chosen apps run — great for agentic coding tools like Claude or OpenCode.
- Runs entirely offline — no network privileges.
- Native macOS window, Tauri + Rust.
- Signed and notarized direct-download bundle.
- Available on the Mac App Store.