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caffeinate & disablesleep for Mac

Menu bar tool to keep your computer awake with timed sessions, screen-on, or lid-closed mode.

By demiaochen. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

caffeinate & disablesleep at a glance

Version
1.1.0
Released
10 October 2026
Download size
2.2 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Utilities
Developer
demiaochen
GitHub stars
53

About caffeinate & disablesleep

Keep your Mac awake from the menu bar, even with the lid closed. caffeinate -disu and sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1, one click. 2.2 MB only.

Screenshots

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How to install caffeinate & disablesleep on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for caffeinate & disablesleep and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.1.0 from demiaochen's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to caffeinate & disablesleep show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: caffeinate-disablesleep-1.1.dmg (2.2 MB).

What is new in caffeinate & disablesleep 1.1.0

- With the lid lock on and no session, the badge now reads NO SLEEP instead of IDLE. The panel moon and badge carry the lid underline, matching the menu bar icon.
- Fixes a rare crash at launch.

**Install:** download the DMG below and drag into Applications, or `brew install --cask demiaochen/tap/caffeinate-disablesleep`.

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