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    actuallymentor/battery

    CLI/GUI for managing the battery charging status for Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3) Macs

    cli
    Shell
    MIT
    7.2K stars
    300 forks
    7.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 31, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 248 days ago, with 8 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 30% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Manages battery charging status on Apple Silicon Macs to limit charge levels and prolong battery lifespan via CLI and GUI.
    • Provides user-controlled battery charge limits unlike macOS Optimized Charging, enabling precise and persistent charge management.
    • Use for maintaining an 80% charge cap to extend battery health on MacBooks plugged in continuously.
    • Use for scripting or automating battery charge control through the command-line interface on Apple Silicon Macs.
    • Use for troubleshooting and manually toggling charging states to optimize battery usage and calibration.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

    • No commits in the last six months (last push Feb 2026).

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    From the README

    This tool makes it possible to keep a chronically plugged in Apple Silicon Macbook at 80% battery, since that will prolong the longevity of the battery. It is free and open-source and will remain that way.

    Want to know if this tool does anything or is just a placebo? Read this excellent article. TL;DR: keep your battery cool, keep it at 80% when plugged in, and discharge it as shallowly as feasible.

    This is an app for Apple Silicon Macs. It will not work on Intel macs. Do you have an older Mac? Consider the free version of the Al Dente software package. It is a good alternative and has a premium version with many more features.

    When installing via brew or dmg, opening the macOS app is required to complete the installation.

    The first time you open the app, it will ask for your administator password so it can install the needed components. Please note that the app:

    Do you have questions, comments, or feature requests? Open an issue here or Tweet at me.

    Excerpt from the actuallymentor/battery README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    300+16

    Open issues

    186+11

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