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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
NoSleep Alternatives
NoSleep has been discontinued. Similar apps include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, Caffeine for Mac, caffeinate & disablesleep and Stimulator. You're spoiled for choice with Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like NoSleep: we list more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
Deep Sleep is a simple Dashboard widget which allows users to put their computer into hibernation mode, also sometimes called software suspend mode. This widget only works on a limited number of Apple computer models.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
SleepTime is a light-weight app that lives on your menu bar, letting you easily set a timer to put your Mac on sleep automatically after a specified time period you choose.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Close 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.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
India
lidawake keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed — for an overnight job with no monitor attached, or an external monitor in clamshell mode on battery. Keeping a Mac awake is easy — stopping safely is the product: it watches heat and battery, and hands sleep back even if the app crashes.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Slovakia
EU
A tiny macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac running even with the lid closed — so coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) keep working while you move around.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Vietnam
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Rust
Germany- EU
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
Italy- EU
Canada
