Battery

Library and CLI tool for monitoring upowerd devices.

Usage

You can browse the Battery reference.

CLI

astal-battery --help

Library

JavaScript

import Battery from "gi://AstalBattery"

const battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.percentage)

Python

from gi.repository import AstalBattery as Battery

battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.get_percentage())

Lua

local Battery = require("lgi").require("AstalBattery")

local battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.percentage)

Vala

// Not yet documented

Installation

1. install dependencies

Arch

sudo pacman -Syu meson vala json-glib gobject-introspection

Fedora

sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel

Ubuntu

sudo apt install meson valac libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection

INFO

Although UPower is not a direct build dependency, it should be self-explanatory that the daemon is required to be available at runtime.

2. clone repo

git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/battery

3. install

meson setup --prefix /usr build
meson install -C build