Battery Life Monitor and Mouse Awakening Monitor

Battery Life Monitor and Mouse Awakening Monitor is a lightweight, open-source command-line tool designed to help users track battery health and monitor mouse activity on Windows and Linux systems. Developed by our small software company, this shareware utility is used daily by our team to ensure robust performance and reliability. It provides essential insights into laptop battery status and tracks mouse wake events to optimize power management, all while maintaining minimal system resource usage.

Key Features

Battery Life Monitoring: Tracks key battery metrics, including percentage, charging status, voltage, and estimated runtime, with real-time updates accessible via the command line.
Mouse Awakening Detection: Monitors mouse activity to detect wake events that may prevent a system from entering sleep mode, helping identify power-draining behavior.
Cross-Platform Support: Compatible with both Windows and Linux, leveraging system-native interfaces like UPower (Linux) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for accurate data.
Low Resource Usage: Designed to run efficiently with minimal CPU and memory consumption, ensuring no significant impact on system performance.
Customizable Output: Supports configurable output formats (e.g., plain text, JSON) for easy integration with scripts or other tools.
Notification Triggers: Allows users to set thresholds for low battery alerts or excessive mouse wake events, with options to output alerts to the terminal or log files.
Simple Command-Line Interface: Easy-to-use commands for quick access to battery and mouse activity data, ideal for power users and developers.
Free and Open-Source: Available as shareware, free to try and use, with source code accessible for community contributions and customization.

Example Commands

Check battery status: batterymonitor --status
Outputs current battery percentage, charging state, and estimated time remaining.
Monitor mouse wake events: batterymonitor --mouse
Displays real-time mouse activity that triggers system wake, with timestamps.
Set low battery alert: batterymonitor --alert 20
Triggers a terminal notification when battery drops below 20%.
Export data to JSON: batterymonitor --status --format json > battery.json
Saves battery metrics in JSON format for scripting or analysis.

Why Choose Battery Life Monitor and Mouse Awakening Monitor?

This tool is designed for users who want precise control over their device’s power management without relying on heavy GUI applications. By using it ourselves every day, we’ve ensured it delivers reliable, actionable data to prevent battery degradation and optimize system sleep behavior. Whether you’re a system administrator, developer, or power-conscious user, this tool empowers you to monitor and manage your device efficiently from the command line.

Try Battery Life Monitor and Mouse Awakening Monitor for free as part of our shareware model. Explore its capabilities, integrate it into your workflows, and join our community of users who trust our tools to enhance their daily computing experience.

Check battery status: batterymonitor –status Outputs current battery percentage, charging state, and estimated time remaining.

Monitor mouse wake events: batterymonitor –mouse Displays real-time mouse activity that triggers system wake, with timestamps.

Set low battery alert: batterymonitor –alert 20 Triggers a terminal notification when battery drops below 20%.

Export data to JSON: batterymonitor –status –format json > battery.json Saves battery metrics in JSON format for scripting or analysis.

Why Choose Battery Life Monitor and Mouse Awakening Monitor?