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.
Platforms
- Mac
- Global
Taurine Alternatives
Apps similar to Taurine include goguma app, which is free and open source. Other options are Amphetamine, caffeinate & disablesleep, Caffeine for Mac and Stimulator. Prevent Sleep Mode Apps like Taurine are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Linux, the web and Android.
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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
62 Keep Me Awake alternativesA 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
Germany
EU
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Prevent your Mac from falling asleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver. Theine keeps macOS awake just like caffeine does with you.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Germany
- EU
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Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- Germany
- EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Espresso is a Caffeine alternative with support for retina displays and the black or white menu bar introduced in OS X Yosemite.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Germany
- EU
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
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
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