KeepAwake

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.

Features

• 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.

Installation

npm install -g @0xDaniiel/keepawake

Or use locally with npx: npx @0xDaniiel/keepawake https://your-app.com

Usage

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.

Keep a Local Process Awake

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.

Flags

-- 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