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.
@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 a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Homebrew apps. The best @home alternative is goguma app, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like @home are Amphetamine, Stimulator, caffeinate & disablesleep and Caffeine for Mac.
Alternatives list
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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.
Lock timeouts make sense in an office or a café. At home, they just interrupt: the screen locks mid-movie or mid-paragraph and asks for a password it asked an hour ago. Dantrolene watches which WiFi network you're on — on the network you've designated as home, the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
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...
A tiny macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac running even with the lid closed — so coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) keep working while you move around.
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
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