Wake up where you left off
Nightcap puts the brightness and volume back, and your tab is right where you dozed off.
Netflix sleep timer
Nightcap is a Netflix sleep timer for your laptop or PC that works like the one on your TV: the picture dims, the sound fades, and the computer goes to sleep.
Netflix has a sleep timer in its phone app, but not in a web browser, so the next episode keeps playing until it asks “Are you still watching?”
For Mac, Windows and Linux. Free and open source. Works offline, no account needed.
It fades out instead of cutting off
With a 45-minute timer, the screen starts dimming at 25 minutes and the volume starts coming down at 30. By 40, the show is still playing, just dark and quiet.
At 45, the computer sleeps. There's no sudden silence to wake you up.
Works with everything you watch
Nightcap turns down your computer's brightness and volume, not one app's, so it works the same with Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Disney+, Prime Video, podcasts and VLC.
Where YouTube and Spotify have desktop timers, they only pause that one app and leave the screen on all night.
Set it before you press play
Pick a length that matches the episode, press Start, then go full screen.
Not sleepy yet? Choose +15 Minutes from the moon icon in the menu bar or system tray.
Mac, Windows and Linux
The same timer and menus on every computer.
Free and open source
No account, no subscription and no ads.
Fall asleep to Netflix tonight
For Mac, Windows and Linux. Getting started has the install steps.
More ways to use Nightcap
- Mac sleep timerPut your MacBook to sleep after 30, 60 or 90 minutes, from the menu bar.
- Mac shutdown timerShut down your Mac on a timer without typing Terminal commands.
- Windows sleep timerSleep, hibernate or shut down a Windows 11 or 10 PC after a set time.
- Linux sleep timerSuspend your Linux computer on a timer, with a tray icon and a fade.
- Shutdown Timer Classic alternativeHow Nightcap compares with Shutdown Timer Classic, Wise Auto Shutdown and Sleepr.