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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Wakeful Alternatives
Wakeful is described as 'Keeps your computer in an active state. No install required, fully portable and can run from a USB. Completely free for everyone' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Wakeful for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Wakeful alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Wakeful are Caffeine for Windows, caffeinate & disablesleep, Caffeine for Mac and Stimulator.
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Simulates activity (=> disables screensaver and powersaving) while running programms (any .exe) from a choosen directory. Main purpose is to choose the steam directory to disable monitor powersaving while running steam games.
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
42 Stay Awake! alternativesKeep your screen on when your device is running your GPS application, favorite remote control, playing a movie or slideshow, etc... Perfect to keep your screen on without dimming for application development. Your screen will never go back to sleep until you want it to...
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
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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.
macOS CLI that keeps your Mac awake with the lid closed on battery, so a local Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor session keeps running.
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.
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
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