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 Free Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated and seems not to work.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
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
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
6 Like KeepingYouAwake Good alternative? YES NO A Caffeine clone for macOS Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra (including Dark Mode). Free Open Source Mac Sits in the MenuBar Add a feature
2 Like Lungo Good alternative? YES NO Lungo prevents your Mac from falling asleep and your screen from dimming. This can be useful when: - Doing a presentation at work - Watching YouTube videos in... Free Mac Sits in the MenuBar 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
1 Like SmartSleep Good alternative? YES NO SmartSleep lets you select each sleep state. Additionally the new SmartSleep state lets your notebook just sleep while the battery has a high level. If the battery level... Commercial Mac No features added Add a feature Discontinued Program hasn't been updated since 2013. No longer on app store.
2 Like PleaseSleep Alternative? YES NO PleaseSleep is a utility software designed for Mac OS X that helps put your computer to sleep when you know some other app is preventing your Mac from going to sleep. ... Free Mac No features added Add a feature Discontinued The developer has quit and the official site is gone except for a farewell message, but the site has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20151202113600/http://www.dragonone.com/products/macosx/pleasesleep/
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
1 Like noblackout Good alternative? YES NO Disables screensaver and powersaving while running programms from a choosen directory. Free Open Source Windows Sits in the System Tray 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
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
