15 Like Amphetamine Good alternative? YES NO 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 Schedule session Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
23 Like Caffeine for Linux Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Linux Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
17 Like Caffeine for Windows Good alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature
9 Like Don't Sleep Good alternative? YES NO 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
10 Like InsomniaX Good alternative? YES NO 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 Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
16 Like Caffeinated Good alternative? YES NO Caffeinated is a simple utility to prevent your PC from going to sleep. It places an icon near the clock. Click the icon to keep your PC awake. Click it again allow... Free Open Source Windows Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
6 Like KeepingYouAwake Good alternative? YES NO A Caffeine clone for macOS Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra (including Dark Mode). Free Open Source Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature
2 Like Lungo Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature
7 Like Should I Sleep Good alternative? YES NO Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you? By using a combination of heuristic... Commercial Mac Motion detection Add a feature
1 Like @home Good alternative? YES NO @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 Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature
2 Like PleaseSleep Alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature 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/
2 Like NoDoze Good alternative? YES NO NoDoze simulates keyboard/mouse activity to keep the screensaver from activating. Its activity depends on currently running programs. You can use regular expressions or... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
4 Like NoSleep Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Mac No features added Add a feature
1 Like noblackout Good alternative? YES NO Disables screensaver and powersaving while running programms from a choosen directory. Free Open Source Windows Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
1 Like Coffee_FF Good alternative? YES NO Coffee will keep your computer wide awake while your network is active or a program. Coffee prevents standby when your traffic speed on a selected network adapter is... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
