Two levels
Light asks the system to stay awake, as a video player does. Enhanced also sends the invisible F15 key after a period of inactivity, adjustable from 10 to 600 s. The Enhanced level also delays session locking.
KeepAwake
KeepAwake prevents sleep, screen turn-off and session locking while it is active. The power plan, the registry and group policies are not changed.
Download for Windows
1.1.0 · November 15, 2026 · 6.3 MB
Portable version (.zip)Other systems and versions
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Available for Windows and Linux
1.1.0 · November 15, 2026
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A duration of your choice
No limit, for a given duration or until a set time. A countdown is shown in the window and in the icon tooltip. At the end, KeepAwake stops and says so with a notification.
In the notification area
Start puts the window away in the notification area. Right-clicking the icon gives Start, Stop and Quit. As soon as KeepAwake is stopped or closed, the PC goes back to its usual behavior.
How to use
- Launch KeepAwake: no installation or administrator rights are needed.
- Choose the level and the duration.
- Click Start: the window goes to the notification area.
- To stop, use the icon menu (right-click), or quit KeepAwake.
System requirements
- Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11
- glibc 2.35 or later: Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 and later
- x86_64 architecture.
- Linux: X11 session for the F15 key. Under Wayland, only the Light level is available.
- Linux, GNOME: the notification icon requires the AppIndicator extension.
- Settings are not saved; only the chosen language is kept, in keepawake.toml next to the executable.
Version
| File | Format | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows, installer | .exe | 6.3 MB | a76737bc32b0aabb31d4e0b39fd14721acb4933eeba3dc4c689ad5947be452b8 |
| Windows, portable | .zip | 5.5 MB | f6c11c9c1b71db5c0940571f58dcc4258b5a91773c8c7b85fae9f48d40dcdcf2 |
| Linux, portable | — | — | — |
Release notes for 1.1.0 · November 15, 2026
- New look, interface in French and English.
- Left-clicking the icon opens the window; Start and Stop are in the right-click menu.
- The hidden window frees its memory.
1.1.0 ·
- New look, interface in French and English.
- Left-clicking the icon opens the window; Start and Stop are in the right-click menu.
- The hidden window frees its memory.
1.0.0
- First version: Light and Enhanced levels, no limit, for or until durations, notification icon, end notification.
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- Windows
certutil -hashfile <fichier> SHA256- Linux
sha256sum <fichier>
No known bugs
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