Hold My Lid Alternatives

Hold My Lid is described as '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' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Hold My Lid for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best Hold My Lid alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Hold My Lid are Caffeine for Windows, Stimulator, PowerToys - Awake and Caffeine for Linux.

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  1. Taurine icon
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    This app will keep your system awake for a defined period of time. It will pause the energy settings and prevent the screensaver from starting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Anti-Sleep App for your Mac.

    Caffeinated prevents your Mac from going to sleep, dimming your screen or starting the screensaver.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. MoccaFaux icon
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    MoccaFaux is a flexible scheduler that prevents the activation of screen savers and power-saving modes when certain conditions are met.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Wakeful icon
     2 likes

    Keeps your computer in an active state. No install required, fully portable and can run from a USB. Completely free for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Open-source status bar app to keep your Mac from sleeping.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. PleaseSleep icon
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    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
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  7. NoSleep icon
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    NoSleep 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Deep Sleep icon
     1 like

    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
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  9. AntiSleep icon
     1 like

    Keep System Awake.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Slacker icon
     1 like

    Never show up as idle on Slack, Microsoft Teams, Skype, etc. Slacker moves your mouse pointer for you whenever you are idle - the result is that you always show as active on any corporate/office instant messaging tools running on your work computer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Awayke icon
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    I go meeting to meeting with my laptop. Sometimes something's running that I don't want to die, but I also don't want to walk around with my lid half open like an idiot. Lid-close sleep is good design and should stay exactly as it is.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
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