NoSleep Alternatives

NoSleep is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to NoSleep for Mac, Windows, Android and F-Droid. The best alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like NoSleep are Caffeine for Mac, Don't Sleep, Econap and Should I Sleep.

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NoSleep

Free • Open Source
Mac

NoSleep makes closing of your MacBook lid possible without going to a sleep mode. Now you shouldn't have to plug your...

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Amphetamine
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
41 alternatives to Amphetamine
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.
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Sits in the System Tray
Customizable triggers
Caffeine for Mac
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
41 alternatives to Caffeine for Mac
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.
Don't Sleep
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
30 alternatives to Don't Sleep
Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
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Don't Sleep Features
1. PortableDon't Sleep can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Sits in the System Tray
Econap
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
26 alternatives to Econap
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
Should I Sleep
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
30 alternatives to Should I Sleep
Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?
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Should I Sleep Features
Face detection
Motion Detection
Coffee: Keep Display Awake
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
43 alternatives to Coffee: Keep Display Awake
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
Lungo
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
36 alternatives to Lungo
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
29 alternatives to InsomniaX
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 2017 http://semaja2.net/2017/06/thank-you-and-farewell-for-now/
Theine
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Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac
39 alternatives to Theine
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
31 alternatives to NoDoze
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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Amphetamine Features

Caffeine for Mac Features

Don't Sleep Features

Econap Features

Should I Sleep Features

Coffee: Keep Display Awake Features

Lungo Features

InsomniaX Features