PawPause

PawPause

Lock your keyboard and prevent cats from causing chaos

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133Votes
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Jun 2026Last Update

About PawPause

A tiny macOS menu bar app that detects when your cat is on the keyboard and pauses input system-wide. 100% on-device. Open source. Free.

What you should know about PawPause

PawPause — Lock your keyboard and prevent cats from causing chaos. It is categorized under Productivity . On Product Hunt, this tool has received 133 upvotes from the maker community.

Pricing & licensing: Pricing details are not publicly disclosed at the moment .

Use cases & topics: PawPause is associated with the following topics: Open Source, Pets, GitHub, Menu Bar Apps. Teams working in Open Source / Pets / GitHub spaces typically evaluate this kind of tool when scoping new architecture decisions or replacing legacy components.

Getting started: Visit the official site to sign up, explore pricing tiers, and start onboarding your team. Most teams hit value within the first week if the tool aligns with their existing Productivity stack.

Editor's note from Fanny Engriana (Founder, Wardigi Digital Agency): when evaluating tools in the Productivity category for our agency clients, we look at three things first — license clarity, community size, and active maintenance. Tools with explicit license terms and ongoing commits tend to remain viable across multi-year projects.

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