keep-me-up v1.4.0
Keep Me Up!
Simple NodeJS script, which keeps your PC awake when you are away. It detects when there has not been activity since certain threshold and starts moving the mouse to prevent it from sleeping
Running
Run via npx
The simplest way is via npx if you have NodeJS installed on your machine. Simply open a terminal and type:
npx keep-me-upThis will start the script. When you want to stop it just exit with Ctrl+C.
Running via node
To run with NodeJS on your PC, you have to perform the following steps:
- Make sure you have Node installed on your machine
- Clone the repository and navigate to folder
- run
npm install - run
node index.js
This will start the awake process and will run until you stop with with Ctrl+C.
You can create .bat scripts or bash aliases to quickly start and stop the process when needed. You can also make changes to the code to better adapt it to your use case.
Running via executable
To run via built executables, go to the releases tab in the repo and download the latest version of the binaries for your machine. Then run it and it will detect when you are idling and react accordingly. The executable will always use the default settings.
Options
When running via node or NPX you can set some options:
npx keep-me-up [options]
Options:
--offset by how many pixels should the mouse move (default: 1)
--interval how much time should pass before the mouse cursor is moved (default: 60s)
--random if provided the mouse will be moved by random amount each time (between 1 and 600). Overwrites --offset command
Examples:
npx keep-me-up --offset 5 moves the cursor by 5px each 30 seconds
npx keep-me-up --offset 5 --interval 300 moves the cursor by 5px each 300 seconds (5 minutes)
npx keep-me-up --random will move your mouse by random amount of pixels, every 120 seconds
npx keep-me-up default behavior, moves the cursor by 1px after 120 seconds of idling