Online mouse jiggler
Uses the Screen Wake Lock API, with a quiet audio fallback, so the display does not dim while this tab is available. Works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromebooks in a current Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox window.
Free online mouse jiggler
TinyNudge is a browser mouse jiggler and mouse mover for people who need the screen to stay on during reads, exports, and presentations — without installing software or asking IT for admin rights.
This page can keep the monitor from sleeping. It cannot move your system cursor. Desktop Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Discord still watch real input idle. If you need the green status on those apps, use the Mac menu-bar app or a USB jiggler — and only where your workplace allows it.
Uses the Screen Wake Lock API, with a quiet audio fallback, so the display does not dim while this tab is available. Works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromebooks in a current Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox window.
A menu-bar mouse jiggler that offsets the real pointer a few pixels and returns it. That is the same class of signal a USB mouse jiggler sends, without another dongle. Use it when desktop chat still flips to Away.
The website is an online mouse jiggler for the display. The Mac app nudges the real pointer a few pixels and back, and keeps the display from sleeping. One build for Apple Silicon and Intel. Requires macOS 13 or later.
Download for Mac — free Download ZIP
xattr -cr /Applications/TinyNudge.app and right-click Open.
Download the disk image from this page or the Mac app page. Install questions go to contact.
People usually want one of three outcomes: the screen stays bright, a kiosk does not lock, or a chat status stays available. Those are different technical problems. TinyNudge labels them instead of mixing them into one promise.
Long PDFs, lecture videos, photo exports, and unattended downloads. The browser tool is built for this. It is the same idea as leaving a video tab open, with a dedicated wake lock.
Lobby displays and workshop machines often sleep on the default energy profile. A wake lock or a hardware jiggler keeps the panel on without changing system settings for every user.
Desktop clients treat “no keyboard or mouse” as idle. A website cannot reset that timer. Read the status guide before you assume a browser tab will keep the green dot.
A mouse jiggler (also called a mouse mover) is any device or program that stops a computer from treating you as gone. The common symptoms are display sleep, a lock screen, a screensaver, or chat flipping from Available to Away. Hardware jigglers are USB sticks. Software jigglers are Mac or Windows apps. An online mouse jiggler is a webpage — the fastest option when you cannot install software.
Browsers are sandboxed. They can ask the operating system to keep the display on. They cannot synthesize HID mouse events. If a site claims it will move your cursor or keep desktop Slack green from a webpage alone, that claim is stronger than the web platform allows. TinyNudge states the split on the first screen.
| Need | TinyNudge website | USB mouse jiggler | TinyNudge for Mac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep screen from sleeping | Yes (wake lock) | Yes | Yes |
| Move the real pointer | No | Yes | Yes (small nudge) |
| Install or extra hardware | None | Dongle, port, often a battery | Menu-bar app |
| Admin rights | Not required | Usually not | Accessibility permission |
| Best for | Reading, presentations, downloads | Managed PCs with a USB port | Mac plus desktop Slack or Teams idle |
Explainers for screen wake, chat presence, and Mac setup.
What a webpage can do, which browsers work, and how to keep the tab from being throttled.
Read the guide →Why presence is not the same as screen wake, and what actually resets idle on the desktop apps.
Read the guide →Menu-bar setup, Accessibility, clamshell limits, and how this differs from a USB stick.
Read the guide →Definitions, legal and workplace notes, and the difference versus an auto clicker.
Read the guide →No. The moving pointer on the card is a preview. Your system cursor stays put. That is a browser security rule, not a missing feature.
Desktop apps watch keyboard and mouse idle, not whether a tab holds a wake lock. This page keeps the screen awake. For status idle on a Mac, use TinyNudge for Mac or a hardware jiggler — and follow your employer’s policy.
No. If you can open a website, you can run the online mouse mover.
Yes, in a modern browser. Wake Lock is most reliable in Chrome and Edge. Safari 16.4+ and recent Firefox are supported; the silent-audio fallback covers older gaps.
Download the disk image from the Mac app page. It is free. For install help, use contact.
Yes. The website and TinyNudge for Mac are free. One download runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
No. A jiggler only concerns movement or wake. An auto clicker sends click events. TinyNudge does not click buttons or fill forms.
The jiggler runs locally in your browser. See the privacy policy. No account is required.