Extra Caffeine runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Control Mac idle sleep through the separately purchased Extra Caffeine 1.2+ app.
What the code does
We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
subprocess.run(['codesign', '--verify', '--strict', str(helper)], check=True)
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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Extra Caffeine — questions
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