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Lab·repo·Public · Oct 11, 2026·Updated Oct 11

Desklamp · keep your (Mac) light on

A tiny macOS menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake. Its lamp icon ages with the session: the beam dims after 3 hours and breaks into flickering bands after 6.

seansmithworks / desklampSwift
Install
install from the terminal
npx @seansmithworks/desklamp

macOS 14 or later.

Desklamp app icon: a white desk lamp lighting a desk at night
app icon · rendered in Blender
Desklamp's lamp icon in the macOS menu bar
in the menu bar
What it does

Left-click the menu bar icon to turn keep-awake on or off. Right-click for timers and Launch at Login. No permissions. No network. Nothing collected.