dilated

NOT
DONE
YET.

The render. The download. The agent having a moment. Keep your Mac up until the job is done.

See download details See how it works ↓

PUBLIC BETA · MACOS 26+ · APPLE SILICON

FOR MACAWAKE AID
dilated●
KEEP AWAKE
FOR AS LONG
AS IT TAKES.
0 mg
CAFFEINE100%
YOUR CALL∞
OR A TIMER
ONE SMALL MENU BAR APP ↗
STOCKED IN YOUR MENU BAR. NO TRIP TO THE GAS STATION.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE

One click.
Eyes open.

Choose a little longer, a specific time, or until you say stop. Your display can sleep while your Mac keeps working.

Awake facts

Active ingredientYou deciding when your Mac sleeps.
Useful forBuilds, uploads, downloads, and long-running commands.
When you're doneStop clears the holds and pauses automation until you resume it.
Small printBattery and Low Power Mode guards can end a hold when power needs a break.

A SMALL TOOL, WITH A FEW GOOD MANNERS.

Keep the job
on its feet.

From the menu bar or the command line, Dilated gives the work a reason to stay awake.

TERMINAL
$ dilated run -- make test

Awake while it runs.
Done when the command is done.

Command line notes

Dilated includes a CLI. Install it from Settings → Automation.

dilated on --for 90m
A timed hold. The display may sleep.
dilated run -- make test
Keep awake while the command runs. Preserve its exit status.
dilated off
End all app holds and pause automation until you choose Resume automation in the app.

Agent workflows can create, renew, and release their own holds. Automatic hook setup is planned.

The screen can sleep.

Keeping your Mac awake doesn't have to keep the display on.

Stop is a full stop.

Clears every hold. Automation waits until you explicitly resume it.

Power gets a say.

Battery and Low Power Mode guards help put a limit on late nights.

Dilated app icon: yellow with pixel eyes

PUBLIC BETA.

Try the
public beta.

Dilated is a free public beta for macOS 26+ on Apple Silicon. From CodesWhat, under MIT.

Closed-lid mode is experimental. Hardware recovery checks remain incomplete. If the download details don't load, see the release history for published builds and their verification status.

Release history

Free and open source. If it saves you time, you can sponsor it on GitHub or donate directly.

PUBLIC BETA · MACOS 26+ · APPLE SILICON · MIT LICENSE