Keep your Mac awake, beautifully.

A tiny, focused menu bar app for macOS. Start a timer, go indefinite, or let smart triggers handle it. No clutter. No surprises.

macOS Menu BarSmart TriggersKeyboard ShortcutsPrivate by Design

Coming soon to the Mac App Store · macOS 14+

Rebite menu bar with simple presets
Features

Designed to be invisible until you need it.

Rebite stays out of your way. When it works, it works the way macOS already does — but with the controls Apple never shipped.

Menu bar

Always one click away

Rebite lives quietly in your menu bar. A single bolt tells you whether your Mac will sleep — tap it for presets, options, and a live countdown.

Bolt iconLive countdownCompact
Sessions

Presets and custom timers

Start a one-minute pause, a ten-minute coffee run, a one or two hour session, or go indefinite. Custom minute timers up to 12 hours when you need them.

1m10m1h2hIndefiniteCustom
Behavior

Choose how the session ends

When the timer runs out, let your Mac sleep normally, lock the screen, or just chime. Keep the display awake, the system awake, or both.

SleepLockNotifyDisplay awakeSystem awake
Shortcuts

Keyboard-first

Toggle keep awake, start a one hour timer, jump to settings or stop the current session without ever touching the trackpad.

⌥⌘B⌥⌘1⌥⌘0⌥⌘.
Smart triggers

Rebite knows when you don't want to be interrupted.

Opt-in rules turn keep-awake on automatically — and back off when the moment passes. You stay in control of every rule.

Keynote or PowerPoint is presenting
Stay awake through every slide.
Any app is in full-screen video
Movies, browsers, players — no nudge needed.
Active downloads detected
Don't drop a long transfer because of a screensaver.
External display is connected
Perfect for docked laptop setups.
Mac is plugged in
Keep long desk sessions predictable.
Smart triggers in Rebite
Active session in focus
Keyboard

Faster than reaching for the trackpad.

Global shortcuts work from anywhere on your Mac. Customize them any time in Settings.

Toggle keep awake
B
Open menu bar dropdown
D
Start 1 hour
1
Start indefinite
0
Stop current timer
.
Open Settings
,
Keyboard shortcuts in Rebite settings
Privacy

Your Mac stays yours.

Rebite runs locally. It uses the system caffeinate primitive Apple already ships, plus a few public macOS APIs. No analytics. No accounts. No data collection.

Built by BMTEC, for people who get work done.

We build small, careful tools for Apple devices. Rebite is one of them — try it, tell us where it bends, and we'll keep sharpening it.

No analytics or telemetry
No account required
Uses Apple's caffeinate
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