Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
@home Alternatives
Apps similar to @home include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, caffeinate & disablesleep, Caffeine for Mac and Stimulator. You can choose from more than 10 Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like @home for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU
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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
- Germany
- EU
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
Italy- EU
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
India
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Vietnam
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Rust
- Germany
- EU
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