BlackFlare
Keeps Mac awake during agent sessions, sends notifications on task completion or input needed, tracks usage, and applies default settings.
BlackFlare is a macOS menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake while Claude Code or Codex sessions run, preventing stalled tasks, and sends notifications when a task finishes or needs input, via Mac, Telegram, or Slack. It targets developers using Claude Code or Codex in terminal or IDEs, including freelancers and teams. It is positioned as a privacy-focused, on-device tool with no accounts or telemetry, and offers usage tracking and configurable defaults.
Key features
- Keeps Mac awake during sessions
- Notifies on task completion or input needed
- Sends notifications to Mac, Telegram, Slack
- Only when away mode
- Set default model, permission mode, effort, thinking
- Track usage per model in menu bar
- Alerts when usage threshold crossed
- Read-only Keychain access
- No accounts, analytics, or telemetry
- Runs entirely on-device
- No social media activity within the last 30 days
GTM channels
- Blog
- Docs
- Changelog
ICP
- Software developers
- Freelancers solopreneurs
- Engineering teams