Mouse Shaker Alternatives

Apps similar to Mouse Shaker include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, Green Dotter, Caffeine for Linux and caffeinate & disablesleep. There's no shortage of Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like Mouse Shaker, with more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and iPhone.

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  1. Lungo icon
     6 likes

    Keeps your Mac awake.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Should I Sleep icon
     11 likes

    Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. InsomniaX icon
     12 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Coffee Buzz icon
     4 likes

    Coffee Buzz is the easiest and safest display-sleep preventer available, with simple operation and exclusive Safety Auto-Shutoff feature. Keeping your Mac awake (and letting it sleep again) is as simple as a click!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. A small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Adrafinil icon
     1 like

    Keep your Mac awake only while AI coding agents are working.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  7. NoSleep icon
     4 likes

    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 activate it by clicking a menu bar icon or check a tick in the System Preferences and continue downloading...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Lumous icon
     1 like

    Lumous keeps a Windows or macOS desktop naturally active while you're away from the keyboard, coordinating mouse movement, smart clicking, scrolling, keyboard activity, browser tabs, and open apps in changing, work-like patterns — not the single-signal approach of a basic...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  9. AntiSleep icon
     1 like

    Keep System Awake.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  10. JIGGLER prevents Windows from going to sleep, locking the session or switching your status to "Away" during presentations, long file transfers, builds or remote sessions.

    20 Placide Jiggler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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