It uses the same underlying API. I use it too. It’s only on–off, though, so you have to remember to turn it off.

> It uses the same underlying API

I don't think so. For whatever reason Caffeine doesn't take a power assertion, as show by `pmset -g assertions`, whereas caffeinate does.

This is what prompted me to write Theine (https://github.com/lvillani/theine) to use the proper API for this task, since Caffeine would behave erratically with the lock screen active.

That’s odd. Do you have any idea what API they use?