fenrus75/powertop
The Linux PowerTOP tool -- please post patches to the mailing list instead of using github pull requests observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 65
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5356
- days_rel: 23
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1331 stars · 142 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PowerTOP is a Linux command-line tool for diagnosing power consumption and power management issues, with an interactive top-like TUI for exploring CPU, device, and tunable stats. It can also auto-tune power settings and generate HTML or Markdown reports.
Use cases
- diagnose why my laptop battery drains fast on linux
- find processes causing high cpu wakeups
- tune linux power management settings automatically
- generate an html power consumption report
- check cpu idle and frequency stats
- optimize power usage on a linux server
When to choose
- you need to analyze or reduce power consumption on a Linux system
- you want an interactive TUI to explore power tunables and wakeups
- you need shareable HTML/Markdown power reports
When to avoid
- you need power monitoring on macOS or Windows
- you want battery charge-cycle management rather than diagnostics
- you need a GUI dashboard
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
monitoring benchmarking developer-tools terminal-ui operating-systems developer-tools performance cli power-management energy-efficiency diagnostics system-tuning c++ linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5bba20d19c27
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| fenrus75/powertop | main | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="fenrus75/powertop")
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