Should I Sleep Alternatives

Should I Sleep is described as 'Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Should I Sleep for Mac, Windows, Android, F-Droid and Linux. The best alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Should I Sleep are Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Mac, Caffeine for Linux and Don't Sleep.

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Should I Sleep

Paid • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Mac

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

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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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Amphetamine Features
Sits in the System Tray
Customizable triggers
Caffeine for Windows
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Free • Proprietary
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Windows
28 alternatives to Caffeine for Windows
If you have problems with your PC locking or going to sleep, caffeine will keep it awake. It works by simulating a keypress once every 59 seconds, so your machine thinks you're still working at the keyboard, so won't lock the screen or activate the screensaver.
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Caffeine for Windows Features
1. PortableCaffeine for Windows can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Optimized for Windows
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.
Caffeine for Linux
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Free • Open Source
Prevent Sleep Mode App
Linux
27 alternatives to Caffeine for Linux
Inspired by the Mac OS X version, Caffeine for Linux is a status bar application able to temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode.
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Caffeine for Linux Features
Sits in the System Tray
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
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
KeepOn
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
28 alternatives to KeepOn
KeepOn is free and open-source (FOSS), without any ads/tracks and no Internet use.

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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
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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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/