Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.




Caffeinate is described as '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:' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Caffeinate for a variety of platforms, including Android, Windows, Mac, F-Droid and Linux apps. The best Caffeinate alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Caffeinate are Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Stimulator.
Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.




If you have problems with your PC locking or going to sleep, caffeine will keep it awake. It works by simulating a keypress once every 59 seconds, so your machine thinks you're still working at the keyboard, so won't lock the screen or activate the screensaver.

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.

Inspired 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.



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.


PowerToys 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.


KeepingYouAwake 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.





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.




Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?




Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.

Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
