Works with the lid closed
A one-time sudoers rule lets it hold sleep off after you shut the lid.
Close the lid.
Your agents keep working.
Afterhours keeps your Mac awake while coding agents work, then lets it sleep when the last one finishes.
For macOS 14 or later
- Claude Code
- Codex
- OpenCode
- Antigravity CLI
- Gemini CLI
- Copilot CLI
- Cursor CLI
- Aider
- Amp
- Droid
- Goose
- Kiro CLI
- Kilo CLI
- OpenClaw
- Hermes Agent
- Cline CLI
TerminalShellEditViewWindowHelp
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Psst… it’s interactive. Flip the switch, click an agent, or
The everyday details
Stays up late. So you can go to bed while agents finish the job.
Waits for your reply
Plugged in, it waits until every session closes. On battery, up to an hour.
23% leftStops below 15%
Lets go before your battery does
Sleeps anyway below your cutoff, in Low Power Mode, or when it runs hot.
Awake
Paused
Sleeping
Steam shows the state
Two wisps, it’s awake. One, it’s paused. None, your Mac can sleep.
⌥⌘L
One shortcut turns it off
Press ⌥⌘L anywhere to turn Afterhours on or off.
$ afterhours-hook amp
--state workingHooks for any tool
Anything with hooks can report working, waiting, or idle.
Catches stuck sessions
Esc skips Claude Code’s Stop hook, so a silent “working” session times out.
Private. No network.
It reads process names to spot agents, never your code or terminal.