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Keeps your computer awake by moving the mouse or pressing a key when you step away.

Project description

Keep Presence

This program moves the mouse or presses a key when it detects that you are away from your computer.

It does nothing if you are using your computer, making it useful for tricking your machine into thinking you are still using it.

Demo

Demo

Install from Pypi

python3 -m pip install keep_presence

https://pypi.org/project/keep-presence/

Run

keep-presence

# or

python3 -m keep_presence

Install with Snap

sudo snap install keep-presence
Get it from the Snap Store

Run

keep-presence

Manual installation

git clone https://github.com/carrot69/keep-presence.git

cd keep-presence

python3 -m pip install pynput

python3 src/keep-presence.py

Optional arguments

-h, --help                        show this help message and exit
            
-s SECONDS, --seconds SECONDS     Define in seconds how long to wait after a user is
                                  considered idle. Default 300.

-p PIXELS, --pixels PIXELS        Set how many pixels the mouse should move. Default 1.

-c, --circular                    Move mouse in a circle. Default move diagonally.

-m MODE, --mode MODE              Available options: keyboard, mouse, both (mouse & keyboard) and scroll. 
                                  Default is mouse. 
                                  This is the action that will be executed when the user is idle. 
                                  If keyboard is selected, the program will press the shift key. 
                                  If mouse is selected, the program will move the mouse. 
                                  If both is selected, the program will do both actions.

-r RANDOM RANDOM, --random RANDOM RANDOM
                                  Usage: two numbers (ex. -r 3 10). Execute actions based on a 
                                  random interval between start and stop seconds. 
                                  Note: Overwrites the seconds argument.

Donations:

If you've found Keep Presence to be helpful, you can buy me a coffee, thanks!

ko-fi

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