A tiny CLI that keeps your apps awake. Works with Glitch, Replit, Cyclic, Supabase, Render, and local servers. Perfect for dev, demos, or side projects.
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Ping-based Keep-Alive
Automatically sends pings to your deployed project’s URL to prevent it from going idle or sleeping. -
Local Dev Stabilizer
Keeps a background Node.js process alive to prevent your local development environment from freezing or shutting down when your system sleeps.
npm install -g @0xDaniiel/keepawake
Or use locally with npx: npx @0xDaniiel/keepawake https://your-app.com
Ping a Live Project Use this to keep online platforms like Replit, Glitch, or Cyclic from timing out
keepawake https://your-live-app.com
This sends a heartbeat to your URL every 5 minutes.
Use this during development to prevent your terminal from shutting down after inactivity.
keepawake local
This logs a heartbeat message every minute and keeps the session alive.
-- interval=<seconds> : Set how often to ping (default is every 300 seconds / 5 minutes)
-- once : Send just one ping, then exit
-- local : Keep your local terminal session awake
-- help or -h : Show the help menu
-- version or -v : Show the current version