A CLEARER PICTURE OF PRESENCE
Online status guides
for Slack, Teams and ClickUp
Practical guides to green dots, idle timers and availability schedules. Built around what each platform actually supports.
Features
Schedule Slack Status: Focus, Lunch, Breaks
Set a Slack status on a timetable, such as Focus 11:00–12:00 or Lunch 13:00–14:00, on the days you choose. Your previous status comes back afterwards.
Learn more FEATUREStay Online With Your Laptop Closed
OnlineHours runs your Slack, ClickUp and Teams schedule on its servers, so you stay online during your hours with the laptop closed, asleep or off.
Learn moreSlack
How to Keep Slack Active: 5 Methods Compared
Why Slack switches you to away after 10 minutes, what each fix really does, and how to keep Slack active on a schedule with your laptop closed.
Read guide GUIDE 02Why Slack Says You’re Away and How to Fix It
Slack sets you to away after 10 minutes of desktop inactivity or when the mobile app closes. What triggers it and how to stay active during work.
Read guide GUIDE 03Slack Green Dot: What Active and Away Mean
What the green dot, hollow dot and status emoji mean in Slack, how Slack decides between active and away, and what your colleagues actually see.
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Teams Connector: How Personal Sessions Work
How the Teams Connector keeps a personal Teams session available: what the private code allows, when sessions expire and how to reconnect.
Read guide GUIDE 05Teams Admin Approval: Connect a Work Account
Teams admin approval explained: connect a Microsoft work account to OnlineHours, see the exact permissions it requests and what to send your IT admin.
Read guide GUIDE 06How to Keep Microsoft Teams Green (Available)
Why Teams switches you to Away, which settings help, how presence from several devices is combined, and how to keep Teams Available on a schedule.
Read guide GUIDE 07Why Teams Keeps Switching to Away
Teams shows Away when your computer is idle, locked or asleep and when the mobile app is in the background. What triggers it and how to stay Available.
Read guide GUIDE 08Microsoft Teams Status Icons Explained
Every Microsoft Teams status icon explained: what each color means, what sets it, how long until Away, and how to set, time or reset your status.
Read guide GUIDE 09Mouse Jiggler for Microsoft Teams
Does a mouse jiggler keep Microsoft Teams Available? When it works, why Teams still shows Away when locked or on your phone, and a laptop-closed option.
Read guideClickUp and Google Chat
ClickUp Online Status: How to Stay Online
How ClickUp shows who is online, how to turn on the green dot, why it shows you offline, and how to stay online in ClickUp on a schedule, laptop closed.
Read guide GUIDE 11Google Chat Availability: Settings and API
Review Google Chat’s automatic, away and DND settings, then learn how the official availability API supports time-limited Active requests.
Read guideCompare
Apps That Keep Slack Active: 2026 Comparison
Apps that keep Slack active, compared: Stay Green On Slack, Slack Green, Presence Scheduler, OnlineHours and jigglers. Laptop closed or not, and price.
Read guide GUIDE 13Stay Green On Slack Alternative Compared
Looking for a Stay Green On Slack alternative? A fair comparison with OnlineHours: how each keeps Slack green, apps covered, schedules and price.
Read guide GUIDE 14Slack Green Alternative: Cloud vs Self-Hosted
A Slack Green alternative, compared: OnlineHours runs in the cloud for Slack, Teams and ClickUp; Slack Green adds a self-hosted tool. Schedules and price.
Read guide GUIDE 15Presence Scheduler Alternative for Slack
A Presence Scheduler alternative, compared: how each keeps Slack online, whether a browser tab must stay open, apps covered, trials and price.
Read guideMouse jigglers and keep-awake tools
Mouse Jiggler Alternative for Slack and Teams
What mouse jigglers do, why they need your computer on, what IT can see, and a server-based mouse jiggler alternative that works with the laptop closed.
Read guide GUIDE 17Keep a Mac Awake: caffeinate and Caffeine
Keep a Mac awake with the built-in caffeinate command or an app like Amphetamine, and why that alone does not keep Slack or Teams showing you active.
Read guide GUIDE 18Software Mouse Jiggler for Mac and Windows
Free software mouse jigglers for Windows and Mac, how they differ from USB jigglers and keep-awake apps, and where they stop working.
Read guide GUIDE 19Mouse Jiggler With the Laptop Lid Closed
Why a mouse jiggler usually stops when you close the laptop lid, the Mac and Windows settings that change that, and an option that needs no laptop on.
Read guideHow presence works
How Online Status Works Across Work Apps
Understand presence, status messages and app sessions. Learn how to test what colleagues see and choose an availability routine that fits your tools.
Read guide GUIDE 21Away Timers: Slack, Teams, Zoom, Google Chat
How many minutes until Slack, Teams, Zoom, Google Chat, ClickUp and Discord show you as away, on desktop and mobile, with each vendor’s documentation.
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