Runaway: AI agent cleanup for Mac

Find and free the stray processes and ports your AI coding agents leave on your Mac

Problem

After running Claude Code, Cursor Agent or a local model, many processes never exit — they keep eating CPU, memory and ports, spinning fans and draining battery while the user has no idea what is running. Developers end up scrolling Activity Monitor, unable to tell agent processes from system ones and afraid to kill the wrong thing.

Solution

Scan and identify leftover processes spawned by AI coding agents, Node/Python children, local model servers and MCP servers, grouped by project and start time with CPU, memory and port usage. Stop them safely in one click and see the resources reclaimed, with a menu bar indicator and whitelist to protect running tasks.

Users

Indie developers and programmers running AI coding agents and local models on macOS daily

MVP

Detect common agent and local-model process signatures; group by project with resource usage; one-click stop and port release; whitelist and protection rules; menu bar live indicator

Revenue

Free tier for manual cleanup and basic detection; Pro one-time or annual subscription for auto-sweeps, history stats and custom rules

Why now

AI agents and local inference became everyday tools after 2025, the stray-process problem is widespread yet no dedicated tool exists; a single dev can ship it quickly on top of system process APIs