Chrome
Keep your screen awake in Chrome — no extension needed.
Chrome has supported the real Screen Wake Lock API natively since 2021. This tool just gives you a simple interface to it — nothing to add to Chrome itself.
Pick a duration and hit start.
Duration
Tab tool vs. a Chrome extension
There are Chrome extensions that do this too, and they're a reasonable choice if you want an always-available toolbar icon rather than a tab you keep open. The tradeoffs run the other way, though: an extension needs installing (and keeps running with elevated permissions in the background across every tab), while this is just a webpage — open it, use it, close it, nothing left behind, nothing to review inchrome://extensions later.
Both approaches end up calling the same underlying browser API, so there's no functional difference in how reliably the screen stays on — it's really a question of whether you'd rather have a toolbar button or a tab.
FAQ
- Which Chrome version do I need?
- Chrome 84 or later (released 2020) — effectively any Chrome still receiving updates supports this.
- Does this work in Chromium-based browsers like Brave or Opera?
- Yes — any browser built on a recent Chromium engine inherits the same native Wake Lock API support.