A Move Mouse alternative, weighed.
Move Mouse is one of the most-downloaded jigglers on Windows for a good reason: it's free, open source, and it works. If it does what you need, use it — this page will even tell you when that's the right call. But “it moves the mouse” hides a few differences that matter once you actually step away from a real desk, and that's where AwaySitter comes in.
What Move Mouse gets right
- It's free and open source. Hard to argue with zero cost and code you can read.
- It's configurable. Intervals, actions, schedules, even scripts and app-based start/stop for the technically inclined.
- It's been around. A large user base and years of releases mean most rough edges are gone.
If you want a free, tweakable tool and you don't mind setting it up, Move Mouse is a genuinely good answer.
Where a “moves the mouse” tool shows its seams
Most jigglers, Move Mouse included in its simplest modes, move the cursor on a fixed timer — the same jump, the same interval, running whether you're at the desk or not. Three things follow from that:
- The motion is mechanical. A pixel that hops exactly every 60 seconds doesn't look like a person; it looks like a timer, because it is one.
- It can move while you're working. Unless it checks whether you are active, a jiggler can nudge your cursor mid-sentence. Some tools add an idle check; many don't, and the ones that do often reset on their own synthetic move.
- Coming back can be clumsy. If the tool doesn't pause the instant you touch the mouse, you're briefly fighting it for the cursor.
What AwaySitter does differently
AwaySitter is built around the away moment, not the timer:
- Human-curve motion. Moves follow curved paths with real noise on both position and timing, at a randomized cadence — a natural rhythm rather than a metronome.
- A real idle check. It acts only after a threshold of genuine inactivity, measured from your input. It tags its own moves so it never mistakes them for you, which means the idle timer stays accurate.
- Instant, graceful pause. The first real touch stops it mid-motion within a few hundredths of a second; it resumes on its own once you leave again.
- A short log. You can see exactly what it did and when — no mystery activity.
- Portable and private. One .exe, no admin, no telemetry.
One technical note
Neither tool is “undetectable”. Windows marks synthetic input as injected (the LLMHF_INJECTED flag), so software that looks for it can tell. What both do is keep an idle-based status active while you're away from the keyboard — a long read, a build, an on-call shift. If the human motion, the real idle check and the clean pause are worth $12.99 to you, that's AwaySitter. If you just want free and don't mind the mechanical feel, Move Mouse is right there.
Which should you use? Want free and tinker-friendly, and a fixed nudge is fine → Move Mouse (free). Want it to feel human, only act when you're truly away, and get out of your way the instant you're back → that's AwaySitter. $12.99 once, 2 PCs, portable, 14-day refund.
ONE-TIME · 2 PCs · PORTABLE · 14-DAY REFUND · WINDOWS 10/11