sorkila/lockpaw
Cover your Mac's screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running, even with the lid closed. The covered screen glows when Claude Code, Codex or Gemini needs you. Touch ID unlock.
- Stars
- 165
- Forks
- 15
- Open issues
- 2
- Last push
- today
lockpaw star history
+2 this week
About lockpaw
lockpaw is a free, open-source AI coding tool by sorkila, written mainly in Swift. Cover your Mac's screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running, even with the lid closed. The covered screen glows when Claude Code, Codex or Gemini needs you. Touch ID unlock. It has 165 GitHub stars and 15 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Swift
- Stars
- 165
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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lockpaw FAQ
Can I use lockpaw commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is lockpaw free?
Yes. lockpaw is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does lockpaw run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, lockpaw works on macOS.
Does lockpaw need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is lockpaw still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 2 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to lockpaw?
Similar free, open-source tools include open-design, opencode, Understand-Anything, OmniRoute.
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