Close the lid. Keep coding. Hold My Lid keeps your Mac awake while Claude Code, Codex, and your other agents finish the job — lid shut, in your bag.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
India
Caffeine for Mac Alternatives
Caffeine for Mac has been discontinued. Similar apps include Vorssaint, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, goguma app, Green Dotter and Caffeine for Windows. There's no shortage of Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like Caffeine for Mac, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and the web.
Alternatives list
- 56 Hold My Lid alternatives
A small macOS utility that stops your Mac from falling asleep and, if you want, simulates key presses, mouse movement or mouse clicks at an interval you choose. Free, open source, no account, no tracking.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU
Lock timeouts make sense in an office or a café. At home, they just interrupt: the screen locks mid-movie or mid-paragraph and asks for a password it asked an hour ago. Dantrolene watches which WiFi network you're on — on the network you've designated as home, the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
Synapse is a native macOS utility suite that combines clipboard history, screenshots, OCR, Keep Awake, QR scanning, and other everyday tools into a single lightweight app. Built in Swift, Synapse is designed to stay fast, efficient, and out of the way.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
Sri Lanka
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Keep your Mac awake only when needed, with a minimal control surface built for focused workflows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Global
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HoldAwake is a lightweight menu-bar utility for keeping your computer awake when you need it, without changing your normal sleep settings permanently.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Syria
+1
Professional-grade tool that prevents system sleep and idle states with randomized, human-like mouse movements and window rotation.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- India
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Rust
- Germany
- EU
A tiny macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac running even with the lid closed — so coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) keep working while you move around.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Vietnam
Smart auto-sleep & power management for developers, laptops & AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Aider, VS Code). Automatically sleeps or shuts down when coding tasks finish, plus instant deep sleep on charger unplug. Lightweight (~62 KB) & offline. Built by GMK Solution.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
Bangladesh
+1
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