InsomniaX Alternatives
InsomniaX is described as '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' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to InsomniaX for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Homebrew apps. The best InsomniaX alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like InsomniaX are caffeinate & disablesleep, Caffeine for Mac, Stimulator and goguma app.
Alternatives list
ScreenWakeUp is a free, browser-based tool that keeps your screen from sleeping or locking. It uses the modern Screen Wake Lock API — nothing to install, no admin rights, no account. Open it in any browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, Android or iPhone and click one...
Keep your Mac awake only when needed, with a minimal control surface built for focused workflows.
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Belay keeps your Mac awake while a coding agent is working. When the work stops, Belay gets out of the way and your Mac can sleep normally again.
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55 Hold My Lid alternativesClose 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.
lidawake is a menu-bar app that keeps a Mac awake with the lid closed — for working on an external monitor in clamshell mode, or leaving a task running.
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
1Setter is a lightweight macOS menu bar app designed to make system settings easier to access.
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