# SpriteOvO/AirPodsDesktop

☄️ AirPods desktop user experience enhancement program, for Windows and Linux (WIP)

Repository: https://github.com/SpriteOvO/AirPodsDesktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/airpodsdesktop
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: airpods, desktop, windows, battery, tool, helper, monitor, bluetooth, power, media-control
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:43:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1927, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 160, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2989, forks 186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:34.332025+00:00)

## What it is
A desktop application that enhances the Windows (and eventually Linux) experience when using AirPods, showing battery status and enabling automatic ear detection. It is built in C++ with Qt and provides low audio latency mode and polished animations.

## Use cases
- show airpods battery level on windows
- automatically pause audio when removing airpods from ears
- reduce airpods audio latency on windows
- monitor bluetooth headphone battery
- improve airpods experience on pc

## When to choose
- you use AirPods with a Windows PC and want battery display and ear detection
- you want an open-source alternative to paid AirPods utility apps on Windows

## When to avoid
- you use macOS, which already provides these features natively
- you need full Linux support, which is still a work in progress
- you use non-Apple Bluetooth headphones

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, monitoring, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, windows, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: airpods, bluetooth, battery-monitor, ear-detection, media-control, tray-application, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- SpriteOvO/AirPodsDesktop (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.332025+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:31:23.260454+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SpriteOvO/AirPodsDesktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.332025+00:00, sha a3b74dad5b2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.