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KeepingYouAwake		Karabiner-Elements
	Project
30	Mentions	36
5,454	Stars	17,889
-	Growth	1.4%
7.2	Activity	9.7
27 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
Objective-C	Language	C++
MIT License	License	The Unlicense

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

KeepingYouAwake

Posts with mentions or reviews of KeepingYouAwake. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

MacOS tools to make your life easier
14 projects | /r/MacOS | 7 Dec 2023

KeepingYouAwake. Prevents your Mac from going to sleep.
Does slack desktop go offline when the user is inactive for 30 mins?
1 project | /r/Slack | 13 Sep 2023

Hi, I have been using slack on my company provided mac and I have installed https://keepingyouawake.app/ to keep my macbook awake indefinitely. When I keep the slack application open for so many hours, I can still see the green dot on slack and it has never marked me as 'away'. So, I'm wondering if others can see me as 'online' if the green bubble is showing up on my slack application for so many hours?
Keep a Mac awake for any duration with a user friendly easy to setup script that just works..
4 projects | /r/mac | 29 Jun 2023
Is there any good alternative to Amphetamine app working well with Ventura?
3 projects | /r/MacOS | 21 Jun 2023
how do I prevent the screen from turning off when in Lock Screen?
1 project | /r/mac | 20 Jun 2023

I use this app, KeepingYouAwake works perfect for when I am trying to seed my torrents with a locked screen
Is there a way to keep a Mac mini awake at all times while still allowing the display turn off?
1 project | /r/mac | 5 Jun 2023
Amphetamine does not start anymore since upgrading to Ventura
1 project | /r/MacOS | 31 May 2023

FWIW, you might want to give the excellent and open-source alternative https://keepingyouawake.app/ a try.
Macbook Pro M1 - New User - App Advice
2 projects | /r/macapps | 24 Apr 2023

I like https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake for prevent sleeping mac
macOS Content Caching "Server" (Mac mini M1) - Schedule Software Updates
2 projects | /r/macsysadmin | 20 Apr 2023

As for the M1 "server" always going to sleep, I installed: https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake
Inactivity timers - The bane of an employee's existence
1 project | /r/talesfromtechsupport | 13 Apr 2023

Do people really not know about caffeine indicator, KeepingYouAwake or caffeine for windows ?

Karabiner-Elements

Posts with mentions or reviews of Karabiner-Elements. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-13.

The Downfall of Karabiner Elements, the Necessary macOS App
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023
Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Sep 2023

You probably know this but you can remap Eject to Delete using Karabiner.
https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements
Karabiner 14.12.0 stops working after wake from sleep
1 project | /r/Karabiner | 30 Aug 2023

EDIT2: Some claim this may be due to startup items being disabled, though I can't point at any specific one in my case, at least for now: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/3417
i3 Linux -> macOS
7 projects | /r/i3wm | 5 Jun 2023

What I've done is configure yabai and skhd in a way that somewhat mimics my i3 setup (dotfiles in case it helps) with the help of Karabiner-Elements since Apple wouldn't recognize my keyboard layout properly (or at all...).
Moving from windows to MacOS, about the alternative programs
2 projects | /r/MacOS | 3 Jun 2023
Automator or AppleScript to swap Option & Command in macOS Ventura?
1 project | /r/MacOS | 1 Jun 2023
Trackpad tap and drag delay
1 project | /r/MacOS | 4 May 2023

https://superuser.com/questions/741410/reduce-single-tap-delay-in-mac-os-after-enabling-tap-drag https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/2993 https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/mke6p2/trackpad_drag_lock_too_long_reduce_lock/ https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-can-i-fix-tap-to-click-delay-with-dragging-enabled/22428
Using Number Pad on Macbooks to bring Pro Tools to full functionality using FN key - Solved
2 projects | /r/protools | 25 Apr 2023

Download this code: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements/files/3633575/karabiner.json.zip (The source of this code was found at the bottom of this thread https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/1287 )
Simple modification to change scroll up or scroll down to another key?
1 project | /r/Karabiner | 9 Apr 2023
NuPhy Halo 75 Mac issues on fn keys
1 project | /r/NuPhy | 3 Apr 2023

Try https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements to change what the key does.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing KeepingYouAwake and Karabiner-Elements you can also consider the following projects:

eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS

SaveAmphetamine - Apple has threatened to remove Amphetamine from the App Store.

yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar

hidden - An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons

RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions

Amphetamine-Enhancer - Add new abilities to the macOS keep-awake utility, Amphetamine.

iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

AppPolice - MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications

Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing