@home is a 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.
Amphetamine Alternatives
Amphetamine is described as 'Little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake' and is a popular prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Amphetamine for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and Flathub apps. The best Amphetamine alternative is PowerToys - Awake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amphetamine are Stimulator, Caffeine for Windows, NeverNap and Caffeine for Mac.
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Amphetamine alternatives are mainly Prevent Sleep Mode Apps Other popular filters include Windows and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Amphetamine.
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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
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- 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.
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.
Mouse jiggler macOS app that auto moves your cursor so that you always appear online and active on messaging apps. Ideal if you need to keep your connection to citirix or your VPN active without having to reconnect.
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Invisible, smart mouse movements prevent your Mac from sleeping and keep the active status in Slack, Teams, and more.
Online all the time? It can't be easier!
SleepTime is a light-weight app that lives on your menu bar, letting you easily set a timer to put your Mac on sleep automatically after a specified time period you choose.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
34 Sleep Preventer alternativesPrevents your computer from going to sleep, hibernate, dim the display or start the screensaver. Application runs in the system tray when closed. New in version v1.3: -Parameter support. v1.2: Option to let display fall asleep. v1.1: Sleep timer.
A small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.
Deep Sleep is a simple Dashboard widget which allows users to put their computer into hibernation mode, also sometimes called software suspend mode. This widget only works on a limited number of Apple computer models.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
PleaseSleep is a utility software designed for Mac OS X that helps put your computer to sleep when you know some other app is preventing your Mac from going to sleep.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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