macOS menu bar · $5 once
Every agent session live in your notch - and one shortcut that makes your Mac look asleep while they keep working.
1.6 MB · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon · no account · pay once, own forever
the nap · ⌥⌘N
One key and the room goes quiet.
Hit ⌥⌘N and a frosted asleep screen falls over every display. Behind it nothing pauses. The build finishes, the agent keeps typing, and the Mac never sleeps, never locks, never dims. Click or Touch ID to wake.
the whole loop
Nap it, walk away, come back to finished work.
the night shift · morning report
Sleep through the shift. Wake to the debrief.
One briefing for the whole hive, before the frost lifts.
Wake the screen and the report is already there: what finished, what is blocked, what needs you first. While you were away, a glow read green for working, amber for waiting, and the Mac stayed awake the whole time.
the island · 27 agents
Every agent you're running, living in the notch.
NapCat captures every running Claude session on your Mac. No plugins, no setup. The notch shows what each one is doing (editing, testing, waiting on you), permission prompts get Allow/Deny right there, and one click jumps you to the exact terminal tab. 27 agents recognized. Your whole swarm, one glance.
jump · approve
Answer without hunting for the tab.
Click any row to land on its exact terminal tab in Terminal, iTerm2 or Warp. When an agent asks permission, approve it from the notch. Allow or Deny, one hook in your settings, backed up and removable whenever you want.
usage
Know how much Claude you have left.
No sign-in: it borrows Claude Code's own login, and macOS asks with a Keychain prompt before the first read. Your 5-hour and 7-day windows fill in the notch. One toggle in Settings turns it off, and it is the only thing NapCat ever sends over the network.
new · the notch mock
Bring the notch to any Mac.
No notch on your machine? Drop in a real black one and size it to taste. The island works the same whether the cutout is silicon or software.
no asterisks
The whole truth, in one table.
pricing
Five dollars. Then never again.
One payment, yours for good. Move it between Macs when you switch, one active at a time. No subscription, no upsell, no account to close.
one Mac at a time, movable · 2-day trial, no card · refund on request
questions
Before you ask.
Does the work really keep running while it looks asleep?
Yes. The nap is a screen over your displays, not a sleep. Builds, agents and downloads all keep going, and keep-awake holds off display sleep, system sleep and the lock timer.
Is my code or terminal being read by a server?
No. NapCat reads your process list on your Mac, read-only. The only network request is the optional usage meter, using your own login.
Why does macOS warn me on first launch?
NapCat is not Apple-notarized yet, so macOS flags it like any app it has not stamped. Right-click, Open, then Open Anyway, once. We walk you through it.
Which agents does it recognize?
27+ agents recognized - Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and the rest. See the full list on the agents page.
What do I own for $5?
The app, for good, on one Mac at a time that you can move between machines. Updates are included through Sparkle.
Is NapCat related to NapCatQQ?
No. NapCat for Mac (napcat.app) is a $5 macOS menu-bar app for monitoring coding agents. It has nothing to do with NapCatQQ, the unrelated QQ bot framework of a similar name.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, just ask.
go dark
Let it look asleep. Let it keep working.
Two days free. Five dollars after that. That is the whole pitch.
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