Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works vs io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp
Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by whereisdw. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp is an MCP server published by antbotlab. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works |  io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace davepoon/buildwithclaude | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.1 Downloads/month (npm): 479 Downloads/week (npm): 40 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works | io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 7 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (mac-use-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/whereisdw/lidnight-claude-plugin | github.com/antbotlab/mac-use-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works
Keeps a MacBook awake (lid closed, even on battery) while Claude Code works, then lets it sleep when it's done. Three commands (/lidnight:awake, /lidnight:status, /lidnight:sleep) and a keep-awake skill that drive the Lidnight menu bar app through its CLI or lidnight:// URL. Without the app it only prints caffeinate/pmset guidance and installs or changes nothing. No hooks, no MCP servers, no settings.
io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp
Zero-dependency macOS desktop automation for AI agents. 18 tools via MCP. macOS 13+.
How to run each
Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add davepoon/buildwithclaude
/plugin install lidnight@buildwithclaudeio.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio mac-use-mcp -- npx -y mac-use-mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Lidnight — keep your Mac awake while Claude works · What it can do: io.github.antbotlab/mac-use-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.