Yacpi

Yacpi: Lightweight Command Line Applications

View Battery Status and Configure Power Management Settings on Linux with Yacpi

What is Yacpi?

yacpi is an open-source command line tool for managing power consumption and configuration on Linux systems. It provides an easy way to view battery status information, set CPU performance modes, adjust power thresholds, and apply other power saving settings.

Some of the key features of yacpi include:

• View current battery charge level, estimate time remaining, and battery wear level
• Set battery charge thresholds to start/stop charging
• Configure CPU scaling governors and frequency limits
• Set system power thresholds for screen blanking, standby, and hibernate
• Toggle wireless, bluetooth, and other device power states
• Simple text-based interface requiring no X server or GUI

As a lightweight tool with no dependencies, yacpi can be easily included in scripts and cron jobs to automate power adjustments. It provides granular control over many Linux power management features without the need for heavy desktop environments or window managers. With robust functionality despite its small footprint, yacpi is a valuable addition to any Linux administrator's toolkit.

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