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.
Features
- Prevents your Mac from going to sleep with one click
- Pre-defined activation durations
- Can disable itself when the battery level is low
- Supports Retina displays and Dark Mode
- Supports macOS High Sierra 10.13 and newer
- Translated into various languages by the community
How it works
The app is a small wrapper around Apple's caffeinate command line utility. All current versions of macOS ship with this tool by default.
Installation
Download the latest version from the releases page or install via Homebrew:
brew install --cask keepingyouawake
Open Source
KeepingYouAwake is inspired by Caffeine from Lighthead Software and is licensed under the MIT license.




