Open source alternatives to Caffeine
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Caffeine does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Caffeine does
- Prevent sleepcore
- Menu bar togglecore
- Timed wake periods
- Keep screen on
- Keyboard shortcut to toggle
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LucidmacOS menu bar app that prevents sleep while AI coding agents run |
Same job, different way79% | 24 | 51 days ago | Too few | Install like an app | MIT | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Timed wake periods. Not shown: Keep screen on.See the evidence
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