stop-cursing-colab

A simple AHK script to keep Google Colab alive:

This script uses AutoHotKey, an automation scripting language and tool, to emulate human interface device interactions on Google Colab notebook to avoid runtime inactivity timeouts.

Note: this works only on Windows OS!

Read the medium article for more information.

Usage

Executable Binary (No dependencies) :

• Download the .exe from the releases section.
• Just double-click the executable colab_keep_alive.exe
• Enter the file name of the colab <filename.ipynb>
• Set the interval for HID interactions (in mins)
• Done.

CIY using Authotkey :

• Install AutoHotKey
• Double-click colab_keep_alive.ahk to run. [ To compile, right click > compile ]
• Enter the file name of the colab <filename.ipynb>
• Set the interval for HID interactions (in mins)
• Done.

Troubleshoot

• The title of the window should be <filename.ipynb> - Colaboratory - Google Chrome
• If there are multiple tabs in the Chrome Window, make sure colab notebook is the active one.
• Make sure power sleep/hibernate timeout is greater than script's interval 🙃