newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake
Prevents your Mac from going to sleep. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 23
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 160.0
- age_days: 4336
- days_rel: 355
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
6859 stars · 264 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
KeepingYouAwake is a small macOS menu bar utility that prevents your Mac from going to sleep, either for a predefined duration or indefinitely while active. It is a lightweight wrapper around Apple's built-in caffeinate command line tool, inspired by the discontinued Caffeine app.
Use cases
- keep my mac awake during a long download
- prevent mac from sleeping while presenting
- caffeine alternative for macos
- stop my macbook display from dimming during a demo
- keep the screen on while watching a video
- temporarily disable sleep with a timer from the menu bar
When to choose
- you want a simple, free, open-source menu bar app to prevent sleep on macOS
- you want a maintained replacement for Caffeine
- you prefer a tool built on Apple's official caffeinate utility
- you need predefined activation durations or low-battery auto-disable
When to avoid
- you need to keep a MacBook awake with the lid closed
- you need fine-grained power management beyond sleep prevention
- you are not on macOS
Facets
application · maturity stable
developer-tools gui operating-systems developer-tools menubar caffeinate sleep-prevention utility caffeine-alternative command-line macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake · fetched 2026-08-28 · 26cc0d4c8633
- homepage: https://keepingyouawake.app · fetched 2026-08-29 · 359a489b1155
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake | main | 72 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake")
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