85 Like Caffeine for Mac Alternative? YES NO 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... Free Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated and seems not to work. Last version, 1.1.1, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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
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
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
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
3 Like Sleep Preventer Good alternative? YES NO Prevents your computer from going to sleep, hibernate, dim the display or start the screensaver. Application runs in the system tray when closed. New in version v1.3:... Free Windows Sits in the System Tray Add a feature
1 Like Ginseng Good alternative? YES NO Ginseng is a lightweight desktop app for Windows that will keep your computer awake when active. This is useful for computers which have a screensaver policy that locks... Free Windows No features added Add a feature
1 Like Mouse Jiggler Good alternative? YES NO Mouse Jiggler is a very simple piece of software whose sole function is to "fake" mouse input to Windows, and jiggle the mouse pointer back and forth. ... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature
0 Like Sleep No More Good alternative? YES NO A tiny menu bar application, that prevents your Mac from sleeping for a set amount of time. Free Mac No features added Add a feature
