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Dopamine for Mac

Keeps Apple Silicon awake with the display backlight at 0 nits when the lid is closed.

By UniversalSDK. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Dopamine at a glance

Version
1.3.0
Released
3 November 2026
Download size
2.6 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
System Tools
Developer
UniversalSDK
GitHub stars
2

About Dopamine

Next-generation keep-awake utility with 0.0-nit display backlight cutoff for Apple Silicon MacBooks. Modern Amphetamine successor.

How to install Dopamine on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Dopamine and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.3.0 from UniversalSDK'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 Dopamine 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: Dopamine.dmg (2.6 MB).

What is new in Dopamine 1.3.0

### 💊 Dopamine v1.3.0

The next-generation keep-awake and display protection utility for Apple Silicon Macs.

#### What's New in v1.3.0
* **Amphetamine-Style Session Timer System:**
 * **Quick Presets:** Instant 1-click timers (15m, 30m, 1h, 2h).
 * **Other Intervals Submenu:** Extended durations from 5 minutes to 24 hours.
 * **Custom Timer Dialog:** Fine-tune exact hours and minutes with quick shortcut buttons.
 * **Until Specific Time Dialog:** Select an exact target time of day with native macOS time picker.
 * **Live Menu Bar & Menu Countdown:** Real-time countdown running in common runloop mode.
 * **Active Session Extender:** On-the-fly timer modifications (+15m, +30m, +45m, +1h, +2h, or switch to indefinite).
 * **Auto-Quit on Expiration:** Optional setting to terminate Dopamine when keep-awake session finishes.
* **Official Apple Notarization:** Validated and stapled with Apple Developer ID ticket.

#### Downloads
* `Dopamine.dmg` (Notarized Drag-and-Drop Disk Image)
* `Dopamine.zip` (Silent OTA auto-updater package)
* `Dopamine-Installer.pkg` (Enterprise macOS Package Installer)

#### Homebrew
```bash
brew tap UniversalSDK/dopamine
brew install --cask dopamine
```

Official Website: https://dopamine.33rd.pro

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