Get Battery on macOS and Linux Now!
CLI/GUI for managing the battery charging status for Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3) Macs
Get Battery with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
Battery doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs Battery on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
Battery doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs Battery on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
Battery just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up Battery, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run Battery --help to see the available commands, and
Battery --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch Battery and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What Battery does
- Enables charging when your battery is under 80% charged
- Option 2: download the app dmg version here
- Disables charging when your battery is above 80% charged
- Keeps the limit engaged even after rebooting
- Keeps the limit engaged even after closing the tray app
- Download the precompiled tool in this repo (built from the hholtmann/smcFanControl repository)
Summarised from Battery's own documentation.
About Battery
CLI/GUI for managing the battery charging status for Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3) Macs
| Category | Command-line tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 7.2k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
Battery is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
Battery is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.