---
name: "caffeine-indicator"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "caffeine"
version: "2.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/caffeine-indicator"
---

# caffeine-indicator(1)

manually inhibit desktop idleness with a toggle

## NAME

caffeine-indicator - manually inhibit desktop idleness with a toggle

## SYNOPSIS

**caffeine-indicator** \[--help\|--version\]

## DESCRIPTION

Caffeine-indicator allows the user to prevent the desktop becoming idle, and hence stop screen savers or power-saving activating even if the machine is not being used.

It is usually more convenient to use the fully-automatic [caffeine(1)](/caffeine/1.md), or the [caffeinate(1)](/caffeinate/1.md) wrapper. Caffeine-indicator may be useful when it is not practical or possible to run an application in full-screen mode and it is also not desirable to inhibit idleness for the entire time the application is running, for example, when watching a video with side notes, or displayed in a browser widget that lacks a full-screen mode.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  Show program's version number and exit

## SEE ALSO

[**caffeine**(1)](/caffeine/1.md), [**caffeinate**(1)](/caffeinate/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Reuben Thomas \<rrt@sc3d.org\>