Does work continue while the nap screen is showing?

Yes. The nap screen is an overlay across your displays, not system sleep. Builds, agents, and downloads keep running, and keep-awake prevents display sleep, system sleep, and the lock timer.

Is my code or terminal sent to a server?

No. Monitoring and the Activity view stay on your Mac. Prompts, responses, project names, and paths are never sent to NapCat. An optional Claude usage meter talks directly to Anthropic using Claude Code's existing login.

Which agents does NapCat support?

Claude Code and Codex get the richest session context, including exact task return. NapCat also recognizes many other local agent CLIs at process level, such as Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, Aider, and Qwen Code.

Does it track Codex Desktop threads too?

Yes. Clicking a Codex Desktop session opens that specific Codex thread, and NapCat follows Codex CLI processes as well.

Can NapCat answer Claude Code permission prompts from the notch?

You can answer permission prompts and structured MCP input forms surfaced through Claude Code's Elicitation hook. Simple choices stay in the notch; typed or secret fields open a native form after you click.

Is there a paid version?

No. There is no license check, no trial clock, no account, and no paid tier. Every feature is included in the download.

Quel est le trafic mensuel et la tendance de croissance de NapCat ?

NapCat reçoit actuellement 4,22 k visites mensuelles, avec une variation de trafic mensuelle de -852 (taux de croissance de -16,8 %). Son marché source principal est États-Unis (66,3 % de part), dont 1,4 k visites directes/mois et — visites de recherche organique/mois.

NapCat est-il gratuit ? Quel est son modèle tarifaire ?

NapCat fonctionne selon un modèle tarifaire Gratuit. NapCat is completely free. There is no account, license key, trial clock, or paid tier, and the download includes every feature. Les plateformes de facturation et de paiement prises en charge incluent : non répertorié.

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À propos de NapCat

Live agent status in the notch

See at a glance which of your AI coding sessions are working, which need you, and which finished, with stable identities across CLI and desktop threads.

Exact session return

Click a row in the notch to jump back to the precise Claude Code or Codex session and thread, instead of hunting through terminals and windows.

Claude Code permissions and input forms

Review permission requests and structured MCP elicitation forms from the notch; simple choices resolve inline while typed or secret fields open a native form.

Screen naps and keep-awake

Cover your displays with a private nap screen while builds and downloads continue in the background, with keep-awake holding off sleep and the lock timer.

Local activity history

A private contribution-style map on your Mac records daily agent time, session, prompt, and completed-work totals, with configurable history retention.

NapCat is a free macOS utility that lives in the MacBook notch and surfaces what your AI coding agents are doing. It tracks Claude Code and Codex sessions, shows live status, jumps you back to the exact task, previews permission requests, and keeps long runs alive behind a private nap screen.

Cas d'usage à fort impact pour NapCat

Software developers

Running several coding agents at once

Keep one agent building while another waits on your approval. NapCat shows which session needs attention and returns you straight to that exact task.

Claude Code power users

Approving permissions without losing flow

Answer permission prompts and MCP input forms from the notch, and only jump into a terminal when a typed or secret value is genuinely required.

Long-running build and test workflows

Naps that do not stop the work

Cover the screen when you step away while compiles, downloads, and agents keep running behind keep-awake protection.

Focus-conscious makers

Notch-based focus sessions

Start a 25- or 50-minute focus timer that survives app relaunches, with quiet hours and per-event sound controls so the island only speaks when it matters.

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Rang	Outil d'IA	Visites mensuelles	Croissance mensuelle	Part du trafic direct	Tarifs	Face à face
●	NapCat	4,22 k	-16,8 %	33% direct	Gratuit	Actuel
1	Cursor	23,3 M	+8,4 %	63% direct	Freemium	vs Cursor
2	Command Code	2,36 M	-12,1 %	74% direct	Freemium, Tarifs sur demande	vs Command Code
3	Scape	12,12 k	-23,8 %	18% direct	Essai gratuit, Payant	vs Scape
4	Open Interpreter	57,49 k	-29 %	26% direct	Gratuit	vs Open Interpreter
5	Clawdbot (OpenClaw)	1,9 M	-25,4 %	31% direct	Payant, Gratuit	vs Clawdbot (OpenClaw)
6	Caveman	171,83 k	-15,5 %	37% direct	Freemium, Tarifs sur demande	vs Caveman