# codykrieger/gfxCardStatus

gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your unibody, dual-GPU MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them on demand.

Repository: https://github.com/codykrieger/gfxCardStatus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gfxcardstatus
Homepage: https://gfx.io
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-07-10T03:16:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5962, "days_push": 1880, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1715, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:26.275011+00:00)

## What it is
gfxCardStatus is an open-source macOS menu bar application for dual-GPU MacBook Pros that shows which graphics card (integrated or discrete) is currently active. It also lets users manually switch between GPUs and see which apps are triggering the power-hungry discrete GPU.

## Use cases
- monitor which gpu my macbook pro is using
- force macbook to use integrated gpu only to save battery
- find out which apps are turning on the discrete gpu
- get notified when the gpu switches
- switch between integrated and discrete graphics on demand

## When to choose
- you have a 2010-or-newer dual-GPU MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks or newer
- you want a free, open-source menu bar tool to control GPU switching and extend battery life

## When to avoid
- you have a newer Apple Silicon Mac or a Mac without dual GPUs
- you need a tool actively updated for recent macOS versions, as development has largely stalled

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, gui
- domain: operating-systems, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: menu-bar-app, gpu-switching, macbook-pro, battery-life, objective-c, macos

## Member repositories
- codykrieger/gfxCardStatus (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.275011+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 2026-08-30T03:34:17.801585+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/codykrieger/gfxCardStatus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.275011+00:00, sha 73a710048f8d)
  - homepage: https://gfx.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:10:24.038129+00:00, sha 926abf4f3b6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.