wakepy

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wakepy is a cross-platform library for keeping the system awake (preventing sleep / screen lock) and releasing the wakelock. Version 1.0.0 (requires Python >=3.7). Development is active on GitHub. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux via DBus.

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pip install wakepy

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INSTALL

IMPORT

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wakepy

devopspythonv1.0.0

Install

1.7s avg

Import

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Disk

17MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.0.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.000s · 18.7MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 1.7s · import 0.000s · 19MB

17MB installed

● package 17MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

keep

✓ from wakepy import keep

✗ from wakepy import keepawake

Basic usage as a context manager to prevent sleep.

from wakepy import keepawake with keepawake(): # Your long-running task here import time time.sleep(10) print("System stayed awake during this block.")

wakepy --version

Debug

Known issues

gotchaOn Linux, wakepy requires D-Bus (typically via systemd or the freedesktop.org inhibitor interface). If DBus is not available, the context manager will raise an error or silently fail in older versions.

fix

Ensure dbus service is running; use 'pip install wakepy[dbus]' for additional dependencies if needed (though not needed in 1.0.0).

affects: <1.0.0

gotchakeepawake() may require superuser/administrator privileges on some Linux distributions to inhibit sleep. Without proper permissions, the inhibit may be ignored.

fix

Run Python with appropriate privileges or configure polkit rules for your user.

affects: all

breakingIn version 1.0.0, the API was simplified. The old import 'from wakepy import prevent_sleep' is removed. Use 'from wakepy import keepawake'.

fix

Replace 'prevent_sleep' with 'keepawake'.

affects: <1.0.0

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Version history

1.0.0latest on PyPI · released Feb 7, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/wakepy/wakepy ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/wakepy/ ↗

docshttps://wakepy.readthedocs.io/ ↗

changeloghttps://wakepy.readthedocs.io/stable/changelog.html ↗