Don't Sleep AlternativesPrevent Sleep Mode Apps like Don't Sleep

Don't Sleep is described as 'small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Don't Sleep for Mac, Windows, Android, F-Droid and Linux. The best Don't Sleep alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Don't Sleep are Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Should I Sleep.

Don't Sleep

Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App

Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.

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Amphetamine
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
44 Amphetamine alternatives
Welcome to Amphetamine4, the most awesome keep-awake utility ever created for macOS. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display, awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers.
- - Amphetamine is the most popular Mac alternative to Don't Sleep.
- - Amphetamine is the most popular free alternative to Don't Sleep.
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Amphetamine Features
Sits in the System Tray
Customizable triggers
Caffeine for Windows
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
30 Caffeine for Windows alternatives
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 you're still working at the keyboard, so won't lock the screen or activate the screensaver.
- - Caffeine for Windows is the most popular Windows alternative to Don't Sleep.
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Caffeine for Windows Features
1. PortableCaffeine for Windows can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Optimized for Windows
Caffeine for Mac
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
44 Caffeine for Mac alternatives
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. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
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Caffeine for Mac Features
Sits in the MenuBar
Discontinued
The last version (1.1.3) is from May 2020.
Caffeine for Linux
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Free • Open Source
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Linux
29 Caffeine for Linux alternatives
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 "sleep" powersaving mode.
- - Caffeine for Linux is the most popular Linux alternative to Don't Sleep.
- - Caffeine for Linux is the most popular Open Source alternative to Don't Sleep.
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Caffeine for Linux Features
Sits in the System Tray
Should I Sleep
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
32 Should I Sleep alternatives
Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?
- - Should I Sleep is the most popular commercial alternative to Don't Sleep.
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Should I Sleep Features
Face detection
Motion Detection
KeepOn
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
31 KeepOn alternatives
KeepOn allows you to keep your device's screen on for the desired duration and also allows you to return to the default settings automaticaly when the screen turns off.
- - KeepOn is the most popular Android alternative to Don't Sleep.
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Coffee: Keep Display Awake
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
46 Coffee: Keep Display Awake alternatives
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
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Coffee: Keep Display Awake Features
Display Management
Econap
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
29 Econap alternatives
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.
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Econap Features
1. PortableEconap can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customizable
Configurable
Sits in the System Tray
Lungo
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
39 Lungo alternatives
Keeps your Mac awake.
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Lungo Features
Sits in the MenuBar
Display info on the menubar
InsomniaX
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
30 InsomniaX alternatives
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 ever, especially at about one inch height.
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InsomniaX Features
Sits in the System Tray
Discontinued
The software is discontinued from July 2017http://semaja2.net/2017/06/thank-you-and-farewell-for-now/
Theine
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
42 Theine alternatives
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
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NoDoze
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Free • Open Source
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
33 NoDoze alternatives
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.
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