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Koffein.
Keep Mac awake.

Create timed profiles for focused work, downloads, renders and presentations. Choose whether the display stays on or gets to rest while the Mac keeps working.

See Koffein
Koffein app icon

01 · Inside Koffein

One click.
Your rules.

Pick a named profile from the menu bar. Koffein keeps the Mac available for exactly that session, then returns normal sleep behaviour automatically.

Koffein menu showing the Work profile for eight hours with the screen kept on
Work · Eight hours · Screen stays on
Koffein menu showing the Night Work profile while allowing the display to sleep
Night work · Mac awake · Display may sleep
Koffein settings showing editable custom profiles and durations
Custom profiles · Your names and durations

02 · Profiles

Stay awake
your way.

  1. 01

    Name the session

    Create profiles such as Work or Night work and give each one its own duration.

  2. 02

    Choose the screen

    Keep the display on, or allow screen saver, lock screen and display sleep while background jobs continue.

  3. 03

    Start from the menu bar

    Pick a profile, start Koffein and let the timer return the Mac to its normal sleep behaviour.

  4. 04

    Launch at login

    Optionally open Koffein when you log in without automatically starting a keep-awake session.

Private by design

Local settings.
No account.

Koffein stores profiles and preferences locally on your Mac. It needs no account or network connection and does not collect personal data.

Read the privacy policy

Support

Questions
or trouble?

Visit Koffein support for practical help or email Bad Herring directly.

Email support@badherring.com Visit Koffein support