PowerTools/README.md

# PowerTools
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Steam Deck power tweaks for power users.

This is generated from the template plugin for the [Decky Plugin Loader](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader).
You will need that installed for this plugin to work.

## What does it do?

- Enable & disable CPU threads & SMT
- Set CPU frequencies
- Set GPU frequencies and power (fastPPT & slowPPT)
- Cap battery charge level
- Display supplementary battery info
- Keep settings between restarts (stored in `~/homebrew/settings/PowerTools/<appId>.ron`)

This plugin is tested on Steam Deck LCD/OLED, but is designed to work on other Linux devices as well. Unfortunately I am currently unable to test on most other devices.

## Install

Please use Decky's [built-in store](https://plugins.deckbrew.xyz/) to install official releases.
If you want to test unstable versions, use [my custom store](https://not-decky-alpha.ngni.us/plugins). If you would like to use an in-development version, feel free to build PowerTools yourself.

## Build/Deploy

0. Requirements: a functioning Rust toolchain for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (or -musl), pnpm, and some tech literacy
1. In a terminal, navigate to the backend directory of this project and run `./build.sh`
2. In the root of this project, run `pnpm run build`
3. Transfer the project (especially dist/ and bin/) to a folder in your Steam Deck's `~/homebrew/plugins` directory
4. Restart Decky with `sudo systemctl restart plugin_loader.service`

## License

This is licensed under GNU GPLv3.

## Contributing

All contributions are welcome!
Anything from a comment on an issue to a new feature pull request will be appreciated by PowerTools's crack team of one (NGnius).

### Translations

Adding new languages and keeping existing language files up to date makes PowerTools more accessible to the majority of the world which doesn't speak English. Take a look at [this comment](https://git.ngni.us/NG-SD-Plugins/PowerTools/issues/9#issuecomment-345) (and the rest of that issue) to get started.

### Code

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