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Kipless
Menu bar app that keeps the Mac or its display awake for a set time, leaving your normal sleep settings unchanged.
MPL-2.0 · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- ShiinaLabs
- Verified
- 2026
About Kipless
Kipless is a small menu bar app that keeps a Mac awake for a fixed period: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour, two hours, or until you stop it. You choose whether only the Mac stays awake, the Mac and the display, or the Mac with the lid closed. Outside a session it leaves your sleep settings alone, which suits long downloads, builds, renders or a local server that has to keep running.
It requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The build is signed and notarized by Apple. Closed Lid mode needs a background helper that you approve once under System Settings › General › Login Items. The app has no account, analytics or crash reporting; its only network request is an update check, and that stays off until you turn on automatic checks.
Information
- Source code
- ShiinaLabs/Kipless
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Alternative to
- Amphetamine
- Topics
- Menu bar apps
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/ShiinaLabs/Kipless
- github.com/ShiinaLabs/Kipless/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/ShiinaLabs/Kipless/releases/latest
- icon.png: Kipless contributors (ShiinaLabs). MPL-2.0; upstream app icon, trademarks retained.
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