Your agent works.
You, meanwhile, play.

A macOS menu-bar app that detects when your AI coding agent is working and you're idle — and opens a minigame to fill the wait.

Download .dmgView on GitHub
Meanwaile's CircleTap minigame popped up next to the macOS menu bar
01

Detects the work

A local hook fires when your agent (Claude Code, for now) starts working and you've been idle for a bit.

02

Opens the popup

A minigame appears next to the menu bar icon. No notifications, no integrations — one popup, done well.

03

Hands it back

The moment the agent needs your response, the game pauses and lets you decide when to return.

Install

macOS 13+. Node.js 24+ only if building from source.

Direct download

The .dmg bundles its own runtime — no Node required.

→github.com/uurien/meanwaile/releases

Build from source

For contributing or running in dev.

$ npm install
$ npm start

On first launch, Meanwaile can set up Claude Code's hooks for you — see details in the README.