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




Wakey is described as 'Is my version of application which keeps your PC awake. It was inspired by Awake utility which was a part of Microsoft's PowerToys' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Wakey for Windows, Mac and Web-based. The best Wakey alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Wakey are Caffeine for Windows, PowerToys - Awake, nosleep.page and Mouse Jiggler.
Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.




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.

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.

Mouse Jiggler is a very simple piece of software whose sole function is to "fake" mouse input to Windows, and jiggle the mouse pointer back and forth.

Coffee will keep your computer wide awake while your network is active or a program. Coffee prevents standby when your traffic speed on a selected network adapter is above the user configurable threshold or specific software selected.




Invisible, smart mouse movements prevent your Mac from sleeping and keep the active status in Slack, Teams, and more.
Online all the time? It can't be easier!


