Is there an app to keep Slack active and green?

Yes. Stay Green On Slack is a cloud-based app that keeps your Slack presence green and active automatically. It runs on remote servers and pings Slack on your behalf, so your status stays green even when your laptop is closed.

Do mouse jigglers still work for Slack in 2026?

Mouse jigglers technically still work while your laptop is on and unlocked, but they fail the moment your machine sleeps, locks, or you step away with your laptop. Cloud-based apps have replaced them as the reliable way to keep Slack active.

Will I get caught using an app to keep Slack green?

Cloud apps that use your own Slack session look identical to Slack itself — the same APIs the Slack app uses. There is no detection from your IT team and no flag in Slack's admin console. The presence simply reads as active.

How much does it cost?

$3.99 per month after a 14-day free trial. No credit card required for the trial.

Always-On

The app to keep Slack status green and always active — 24/7, from the cloud.

If you need an app to keep Slack status green and always active — through meetings, focus blocks, lunch, the weekend, or just life — you need cloud. A desktop app keeps Slack green only while your laptop is on. Stay Green On Slack is the cloud-based app that keeps your Slack status green and always active, regardless of where your laptop is.

Stay Green On Slack — the app to keep Slack active and green.

Cloud-based. Undetectable. 14-day free trial, no credit card. Set up in 30 seconds with the Chrome extension.

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Why you need an app to keep Slack status green and always active

Slack's design philosophy is brutal: 30 minutes of inactivity = Away. There's no manual override, no "always active" button, no preference toggle. The only way to keep Slack status green and always active is to convince Slack that you're actually active — which is what a proper app does.

Slack marks you Away after exactly 30 minutes of no mouse or keyboard activity. That's the rule that breaks every other approach:

Mouse jigglers only work while you're at your desk and your laptop is on.
Browser tabs require Slack to remain open and at least occasionally focused.
Local scripts stop the moment your machine sleeps, restarts, or hits a software update.

A cloud app sidesteps all of this. Your Slack session lives on a remote server that pings Slack on your behalf — every minute, around the clock, regardless of whether your laptop is on, asleep, or in another country.

What "always active" actually means with Stay Green On Slack

Stay Green On Slack is the app to keep Slack status green and always active — literally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no input required on your end after the initial setup. There's a dedicated "Always on (24/7)" toggle right on the dashboard. Flip it. Walk away. Status stays green.

Create an account. Free 14-day trial, no card required.
Install the Chrome extension. It reads your Slack session token directly from your browser — no DevTools, no copy-pasting.
Open Slack in Chrome. Click the Stay Green extension icon and press Connect.
Set your schedule (or pick 24/7). Choose the hours you want to appear active, or flip the always-on toggle.
Close everything. Your status stays green from the cloud.

Use cases for "always active"

Multi-timezone teams. If your team spans NYC to Sydney, you want to look reachable across both windows.
On-call rotations. Your team can see you're "available" even if you're cooking dinner.
Knowledge workers who don't want to be measured by green-dot time. Get your work done; let the dot do its thing.

Try it free for 14 days.

No card required. $3.99/month after the trial. Cancel anytime.

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