ryanries/UniversalPauseButton
A pause button that pauses the unpausable. Handy for video game cut scenes especially, but can be used for any application, not just games. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
28/100
- Activity 11
- Release rhythm 8
- 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: 4104
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 535
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1014 stars · 43 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A small Windows system-tray utility that pauses and unpauses the foreground application (or a named process) when you press the Pause/Break key, even during unpausable game cutscenes. Written in C and rewritten in 2023 with registry-configurable options.
Use cases
- pause unpausable video game cutscenes
- pause any windows application with the pause key
- temporarily freeze a game to talk to someone
- pause a specific process by name
- freeze single-player games mid-cutscene
When to choose
- you play single-player games on Windows and want a universal pause hotkey
- you need to freeze any foreground Windows app instantly
- you want a lightweight, free, open-source tray utility
When to avoid
- you play multiplayer games, where pausing will get you kicked
- you are not on Windows
- you need guaranteed safe pausing of arbitrary processes, since some apps may misbehave when suspended
Facets
application · maturity active
desktop-framework developer-tools gaming-tools windows desktop-applications windows pause-key system-tray process-pause cutscene-pause single-player-games desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/ryanries/UniversalPauseButton · fetched 2026-08-28 · d575e0768b5f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ryanries/UniversalPauseButton | main | 28 |
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