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 Free Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated and seems not to work.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.
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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 InsomniaT Good alternative? YES NO This is a kernel extension and clients that allow the MacBook to disable sleeping when the lid is closed. MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT SUPPORTED Free Open Source Mac No features added 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
4 Like SleepLess Good alternative? YES NO This application is used to prevent the computer from going to sleep without changing system settings can disable sleep with lid closed Safe Sleep (Hibernate) with... Commercial Mac 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
