Developer builds self-hosted tool to keep coding agents running when laptop sleeps
A developer released a self-hosted, source-available tool called Podbay after spending weeks keeping a laptop open to prevent long Claude Code sessions from dying when the machine slept. The core problem is that even Anthropic's own Remote Control feature reconnects users to sessions but cannot keep a sleeping host machine running. Podbay solves this by moving the session to a always-on machine — a home server, NUC, or cheap VPS — so any device acts as a client and work continues uninterrupted. The tool auto-provisions HTTPS, requires no separate API key, and runs on the user's existing Claude subscription, addressing privacy concerns about third-party cloud access. Released last week under BSL 1.1 license, the project is in early alpha and available at github.com/Podbay-Cloud/podbay.
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