Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.




InsomniaZ is described as 'Use Mac with external monitors with lid closed even when you are on battery power. Play music, airplay movies, download/upload lid closed. Most modern and up to date app' and is a prevent sleep mode app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to InsomniaZ for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best InsomniaZ alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like InsomniaZ are Stimulator, Caffeine for Windows, Caffeine for Linux and Caffeine for Mac.
Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.




This is a simple app that prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping while its on. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.


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.

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.



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.

NeverNap prevents your Mac from sleeping or activating the screensaver. For 5 minutes or indefinitely. Perfect for presentations or long processes.

PowerToys Awake is a tool for Windows designed to keep a computer awake without having to manage its power & sleep settings. This can be helpful when running time-consuming tasks, ensuring that the computer does not go to sleep or turn off its screens.


One of the first webpages that used the Wake Lock API packaged in the nosleep.js script to prevent a device from sleeping.

KeepOn allows you to keep your device's screen on for the desired duration and also allows you to return to the default settings automaticaly when the screen turns off.




KeepingYouAwake is a small menu bar utility for macOS (Version 10.13 and newer) that can prevent your Mac from entering sleep mode for a predefined duration or as long as it is activated.

Need a quick coffee break ? But don't want your PC to sleep or Teams to go idle? Stay Awake keeps your screen on by keeping its own tab active. No need to change OS settings.




Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.
