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.

Comparison

A look at the apps that keep Slack active and green status.

There are dozens of apps that claim to keep Slack active and green status. Some are USB mouse jigglers. Some are Python scripts you run on your laptop. A few are full cloud platforms. This compares the apps that actually work to keep your Slack green status active — and the ones to skip.

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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The categories of apps that keep Slack active green status

There are basically three buckets of apps that keep Slack active and green status:

Hardware mouse jigglers. Small USB devices that emulate mouse movement. Cheap, but tied to your physical desk.
Local scripts & desktop tools. AutoHotkey scripts, Caffeine.app, custom Python loops. Free, but your laptop has to stay on.
Cloud apps. Services like Stay Green On Slack that keep your Slack active and green status from a remote server.

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 to look for in apps that keep Slack active green status

Cloud-hosted — your laptop should be irrelevant.
Schedule support — green only during your working hours.
Encrypted token storage — your Slack session should be encrypted at rest.
Uses Slack's own APIs — not screen-scraping, not browser automation. Undetectable.

How Stay Green On Slack works

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.

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