This is a simple app that prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping while its on. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.
Open Source Amphetamine AlternativesPrevent Sleep Mode Apps like Amphetamine
The best open source alternative to Amphetamine is Stimulator. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Amphetamine and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Amphetamine are PowerToys - Awake, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Caffeinate.
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36 PowerToys - Awake alternativesPowerToys Awake is a tool for Windows designed to keep a computer awake without having to manage its power & sleep settings. This can be helpful when running time-consuming tasks, ensuring that the computer does not go to sleep or turn off its screens.
51 Caffeine for Mac alternativesCaffeine 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.
35 Caffeine for Linux alternativesInspired by the Mac OS X version, Caffeine for Linux is a status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.
Caffeinate is an App that helps android developers to keep their phone's display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
33 KeepingYouAwake alternativesKeepingYouAwake is a small menu bar utility for macOS (Version 10.13 and newer) that can prevent your Mac from entering sleep mode for a predefined duration or as long as it is activated.
Coffee is a modern, open-source Android utility built with Jetpack Compose and Material Design 3. It provides a Quick Settings tile to prevent screen dimming or locking during reading, navigation, or focused tasks, with customizable timers including indefinite mode.
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KeepOn allows you to keep your device's screen on for the desired duration and also allows you to return to the default settings automaticaly when the screen turns off.
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This is a kernel extension and clients that allow the MacBook to disable sleeping when the lid is closed. MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT SUPPORTED
Espresso is a Caffeine alternative with support for retina displays and the black or white menu bar introduced in OS X Yosemite.
MoccaFaux is a flexible scheduler that prevents the activation of screen savers and power-saving modes when certain conditions are met.
NoSleep makes closing of your MacBook lid possible without going to a sleep mode. Now you shouldn't have to plug your mouse and monitor to stay computer awake - just activate it by clicking a menu bar icon or check a tick in the System Preferences and continue downloading...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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