@home Alternatives
@home is described as 'tiny convenience utility, that knows when you are at home (based on your wireless network name) and prevents your computer from locking the screen. When you are away from home, your normal locking idle times apply' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to @home for Mac, Windows, Android and F-Droid. The best @home alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like @home are Caffeine for Mac, Don't Sleep, Coffee: Keep Display Awake and Theine.
Amphetamine
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo42 Amphetamine alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Welcome to Amphetamine4, the most awesome keep-awake utility ever created for macOS. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display, awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers.
- - Amphetamine is the most popular Mac alternative to @home.
- - Amphetamine is the most popular free alternative to @home.
Amphetamine Features
Caffeine for Mac
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo42 Caffeine for Mac alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
Caffeine for Mac Features
DiscontinuedThe last version (1.1.3) is from May 2020.
Don't Sleep
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo32 Don't Sleep alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Windows
Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
- - Don't Sleep is the most popular Windows alternative to @home.
Don't Sleep Features
Coffee: Keep Display Awake
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo45 Coffee: Keep Display Awake alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
- - Coffee: Keep Display Awake is the most popular Android alternative to @home.
- - Coffee: Keep Display Awake is the most popular Open Source alternative to @home.
Coffee: Keep Display Awake Features
Theine
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo40 Theine alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
- - Theine is the most popular commercial alternative to @home.
NoDoze
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo32 NoDoze alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Windows
NoDoze simulates keyboard/mouse activity to keep the screensaver from activating. Its activity depends on currently running programs. You can use regular expressions or Windows wildcards to choose when the screensaver is deactivated.
noblackout
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo32 noblackout alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Windows
Simulates activity (=> disables screensaver and powersaving) while running programms (any .exe) from a choosen directory. Main purpose is to choose the steam directory to disable monitor powersaving while running steam games.
noblackout Features
Keep System Awake.
Keep Display On
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo31 Keep Display On alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
When it's not possible to change the screensaver settings in your Windows environment, then it's almost impossible to show things on your screen for a longer period without activating the screensaver.
Keep Display On Features
Sleep No More
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo35 Sleep No More alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
A tiny menu bar application, that prevents your Mac from sleeping for a set amount of time.
DiscontinuedCaffeine by IntelliScape Solutions
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo38 Caffeine by IntelliScape Solutions alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Right-click (or Cmd-click) the icon to show the menu.
Clapet
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo42 Clapet alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Prevent Sleep Mode App
- Mac
Clapet is a utility that aims to improve clamshell mode on your Macbook by automatically managing sleep when an external display is detected.