CaffeinateCat for Mac

CaffeinateCat at a glance

Version

1.1.0

Released

9 August 2026

Download size

904 KB

Works on

Apple silicon and Intel

Category

Menu Bar and Notch

Developer

PremPoddar

GitHub stars

11

About CaffeinateCat

Menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed.

How to install CaffeinateCat on a Mac

1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
2. Search for CaffeinateCat and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.1.0 from PremPoddar'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 CaffeinateCat 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: CaffeinateCat.zip (904 KB).

What is new in CaffeinateCat 1.1.0

## What's new

CaffeinateCat's menu bar interface has been rebuilt. The old menu with its two rows and
nested duration submenus is gone. Clicking the coffee cup now drops down a proper panel.

![The panel: a switch per mode, a duration control, and a live countdown](https://github.com/PremPoddar/CaffeinateCat/raw/main/docs/assets/icon.png)

### A real panel instead of a menu

- **A switch for each mode**, with a one-line description of what it does. Flipping one
 on turns the other off, same as before.
- **Durations are right there** — Indefinite, 15m, 30m, 1h, or Custom — instead of hidden
 behind a submenu arrow.
- **Custom durations** now use hours and minutes fields with stepper arrows. Typing or
 clicking an arrow updates the running timer straight away. The old "how many minutes?"
 dialog is gone.
- **A live countdown** in the panel *and* next to the menu bar icon, so you can see how
 long is left without opening anything.

### Renamed modes

| Before | Now |
| --- | --- |
| Caffeinate | **Keep Screen Awake** |
| Keep Awake When Lid Closed | **Keep Awake on Lid Close** |

### Timer changes

- The **2h** preset was dropped. Set 2h 0m under **Custom** to get it back — and that's
 now the default the custom fields start at.
- Emptying a custom timer to `0h 0m` switches the mode off and restores the 2h default.

### Unchanged
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