Componentpedia / Listings / appnope

Last update: 07/09/2025

appnope

Disable App Nap on OS X 10.9

Latest version: 0.1.4 registry icon
Maintenance score
38
Safety score
100
Popularity score
6
Check your open source dependency risks. Get immediate insight about security, stability and licensing risks.
De-risk your app now
Security
  Vulnerabilities
Version Suggest Low Medium High Critical
0.1.4 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.3 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.2 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.1 0 0 0 0 0
0.1.0 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.7 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.6 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.5 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.4 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.3 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.2 0 0 0 0 0
0.0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Stability
Latest release:

0.1.4 - This version may not be safe as it has not been updated for a long time. Find out if your coding project uses this component and get notified of any reported security vulnerabilities with Meterian-X Open Source Security Platform

Licensing

Maintain your licence declarations and avoid unwanted licences to protect your IP the way you intended.

BSD   -   BSD License (Generic)

Is a wildcard

Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

appnope

Simple package for disabling App Nap on macOS >= 10.9, which can be problematic.

To disable App Nap:

import appnope
appnope.nope()

To reenable, for some reason:

appnope.nap()

or to only disable App Nap for a particular block:

with appnope.nope_scope():
    do_important_stuff()

It uses ctypes to wrap a [NSProcessInfo beginActivityWithOptions] call to disable App Nap.

To install:

pip install appnope