Alternatives to Caffeine for Mac for all platforms with any license

  • Amphetamine

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

    Free Mac OS X

    Schedule session Sits in the System Tray Add a feature

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    • Regularly updated, many many features, nice UI Guest • Oct 2016 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

  • Caffeine for Windows

    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...

    Free Windows

    Portable Add a feature

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  • InsomniaX

    It always has been a missing feature: disabling the sleep mode on a Apple Laptop. Who does not want to use it as a big juke-box or go warwalking. The best looking server...

    Free Mac OS X

    Sits in the System Tray Add a feature

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    • Discontinued The software is discontinued from July 2017 http://semaja2.net/2017/06/thank-you-and-farewell-for-now/
    • I'm using insomniax to prevent my macbook pro from going idle when i close the lid. This means that I can use it to play music (e.g. iTunes or Spotify) and use my iPhone to remote control it. Guest • Jan 2018 Disagree   Agree

  • Don't Sleep

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

    Free Windows

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Lungo

    Lungo prevents your Mac from falling asleep and your screen from dimming. This can be useful when: - Doing a presentation at work - Watching YouTube videos in...

    Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X

    Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature

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  • @home

    @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...

    Free Mac OS X

    Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature

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  • PleaseSleep

    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. ...

    Free Mac OS X

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    • Discontinued The developer has quit and the official site is gone except for a farewell message, but the site has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20151202113600/http://www.dragonone.com/products/macosx/pleasesleep/

  • Keep Screen On

    Annoyed by your screen turning off when you're using certain apps? Don't change your display settings and waste battery by keeping the screen on when the home...

    Free Android

    No features added Add a feature

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  • No Sleep

    no Sleep prevents your device going in deep sleep mode. It is installed as widget only. So you have to add the 'no Sleep'-widget to a launcherscreen. After...

    Free Android

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Comment by babomancer
about Caffeine for Mac · Mar 2016 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

There are a couple good alternatives these days. I used the open source KeepingYouAwake for a while (available on github). Now I'm using Amphetamine, which does everything these apps do and more, and with more customization options. It's available in the app store.

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