Caffeine for Mac Alternatives

Caffeine for Mac is described as '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' and is a popular prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Caffeine for Mac for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Caffeine for Mac alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Caffeine for Mac are PowerToys - Awake, Caffeine for Windows, Stimulator and Caffeine for Linux.

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  1. NoSleep icon
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    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...

    25 NoSleep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. AntiSleep icon
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    Keep System Awake.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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 above the user configurable threshold or specific software selected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. MoccaFaux icon
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    MoccaFaux is a flexible scheduler that prevents the activation of screen savers and power-saving modes when certain conditions are met.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. SleepTime icon
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    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
     
  7. Econap icon
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    Econap helps you to save energy and increase your comfort. Before your pc enters the sleep mode, Econap will check if something important is running on your system. If so, it will wait until your download, backups, videos etc. are finished. Finally your pc will go to sleep.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. noblackout icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. NoDoze icon
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    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
     
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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
     
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