Install battery with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

Project history

The author created Battery as a holiday side project after finding AlDente's license too restrictive for the desired power-user workflow. It began as a command-line replacement; a colleague's request prompted the addition of an Electron GUI.

Adoption history

The project is distributed as both a macOS GUI and a command-line utility and supports Homebrew installation. Its public GitHub repository has attracted thousands of stars and hundreds of forks, indicating substantial interest among Apple Silicon power users.

How it is used

The GUI maintains an 80% charge target by default and installs the battery CLI. CLI users can maintain a fixed percentage or range, enable or disable charging and adapter input, charge or discharge to a target, inspect status, calibrate the battery, and update or uninstall the utility.

Why package nerds care

Battery is a package-manager-friendly alternative to proprietary charge-limit applications: it is free, open source, scriptable, and installable through Homebrew. Its GUI installs the CLI automatically, allowing interactive menu-bar use and shell automation to share the same underlying controls.

Timeline

• Initial development: Created as a command-line alternative to AlDente
• Subsequent development: Added an Electron menu-bar GUI at a colleague's suggestion
• Current distribution: Available through Homebrew and direct application downloads

Related projects

• The README names AlDente as the product that inspired the project and as an alternative for Intel Macs. The CLI installs an smc utility built from the smcFanControl project.

Sources

• Official repository and README: https://github.com/actuallymentor/battery