Apps tagged with 'keep-awake'

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  1. goguma app icon
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    Wakes your Mac for scheduled jobs, holds it awake while long work finishes, and lets it sleep otherwise. Finds the cron jobs that have been missing runs; keeps a coding agent running with the lid shut.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  2. caffeinate & disablesleep replaces two macOS terminal commands: caffeinate -disu and sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1. One click keeps the Mac awake, with an option to stay awake when the lid is closed. Timed sessions run from 15 minutes to 8 hours, or forever.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Active session with a timed 8 hour countdown, light mode
    Dark mode
    The panel opens from the menu bar icon
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  3. Lumous icon
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    Lumous keeps a Windows or macOS desktop naturally active while you're away from the keyboard, coordinating mouse movement, smart clicking, scrolling, keyboard activity, browser tabs, and open apps in changing, work-like patterns — not the single-signal approach of a basic...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    Lumous Basic Mode
    Lumous Hubstaff Results
    Lumous Time Doctor 2 Results
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  4. AwaySitter is a quiet desk-sitter for Windows: when you have truly been idle past a threshold you choose, it makes small human-like mouse movements at randomized intervals - and the instant you touch the real mouse or keyboard it pauses and stays out of your way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. ScreenWakeUp is a free, browser-based tool that keeps your screen from sleeping or locking. It uses the modern Screen Wake Lock API — nothing to install, no admin rights, no account. Open it in any browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, Android or iPhone and click one...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Synapse is a native macOS utility suite that combines clipboard history, screenshots, OCR, Keep Awake, QR scanning, and other everyday tools into a single lightweight app. Built in Swift, Synapse is designed to stay fast, efficient, and out of the way.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Screenshot, OCR, annotations
    turn off what you dont want.
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  7. Awayke icon
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    I go meeting to meeting with my laptop. Sometimes something's running that I don't want to die, but I also don't want to walk around with my lid half open like an idiot. Lid-close sleep is good design and should stay exactly as it is.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Close the lid. Keep coding. Hold My Lid keeps your Mac awake while Claude Code, Codex, and your other agents finish the job — lid shut, in your bag.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. A small macOS utility that stops your Mac from falling asleep and, if you want, simulates key presses, mouse movement or mouse clicks at an interval you choose. Free, open source, no account, no tracking.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. A lightweight Windows utility that helps keep your PC active during long work sessions and provides quick local notes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Keep your PC awake while reading, testing, or working online — and keep quick local notes nearby.
    Reading documents, waiting for builds or exports, or monitoring long-running tasks? Keep Active helps reduce unwanted interruptions.
    Save simple local memos in a compact list while you work.
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    Search across notes to find saved text and work details when you need them.
  11. WakeWhile icon
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    A keep-awake tool that turns itself off. Holds Windows awake while your render, build, upload or AI agent is actually busy, and lets the PC sleep when it goes idle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Keeps Windows awake only while the app you pick is actually working, then releases the lock by itself.
  12. StayUp icon
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    StayUp keeps a Windows PC awake on your terms: forever, for a set time, until a clock time, while a chosen app is running (Zoom, OBS, a backup job), or on a daily schedule like workdays 9-18. It uses the Windows power request API - no fake keypresses - and lives quietly in the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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