Every time I wiped my keyboard, I ended up typing random stuff into whatever app was open. So I made a small Mac app that turns every key off while I clean.
Here is how it works:
Pick a time from 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
Press ⌃⌥⌘K, use the menu bar icon, or type keypause in Terminal.
Wipe your keyboard as much as you want. Your mouse and trackpad keep working.
When the time is up, your keys come back on their own.
It's free and open source. To install it, run
brew install --cask destucr/tap/keypause
It works on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later.
The little character you'll see in the app is Kip. Kip sleeps while your keys are off and cheers when they come back. I'd love to hear what you think, and what else you would want it to do.
About Keypause on Product Hunt
“Turn off your Mac's keyboard while you clean it”
Keypause launched on Product Hunt on November 8th, 2026 and earned 88 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #13 on the daily leaderboard. Press one button. Wipe your keyboard. Done. A Mac menu bar app that locks every key while a sleepy keycap waits for sunrise.
On the analytics side, Keypause competes within Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 781.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Keypause performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Keypause?
Keypause was hunted by Destu Cikal. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Keypause including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Destu Cikal
Hi everyone, I'm Destu, the maker of Keypause.
Every time I wiped my keyboard, I ended up typing random stuff into whatever app was open. So I made a small Mac app that turns every key off while I clean.
Here is how it works:
Pick a time from 30 seconds to 10 minutes.
Press ⌃⌥⌘K, use the menu bar icon, or type keypause in Terminal.
Wipe your keyboard as much as you want. Your mouse and trackpad keep working.
When the time is up, your keys come back on their own.
It's free and open source. To install it, run
It works on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later.
The little character you'll see in the app is Kip. Kip sleeps while your keys are off and cheers when they come back. I'd love to hear what you think, and what else you would want it to do.