# EnergyStar

**Repository Path**: mirrors_trending/EnergyStar

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: EnergyStar
- **Description**: EnergyStar is a terrible* Windows application that leverages Windows EcoQoS API to throttle any inactive user process and background applications to improve system thermal and battery life
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 7
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-08-01
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-20

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: application-software

**Tags**: None

## README

# EnergyStar

EnergyStar is a terrible* Windows application that leverages [Windows EcoQoS API](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/performance-diagnostics/introducing-ecoqos/) to throttle any inactive user process and background applications to improve system thermal and battery life, similar to the process management strategy on modern Apple macOS releases.

## See It In Action

![Battery stat on Z13](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY5oAiFVQAAlR5d?format=png&name=medium)

*: By saying _terrible_, I mean currently there are a few known limitations on track to be addressed. See below.

## Known Limitations

* Child processes do not get boosted when the parent process receives input focus.
* Throttle is always engaged regardless of power scheme and power source.
* System processes (which is Session 0) do not get throttled. Currently there are some assumption that non-user processes know what they are doing.
* Process exemption list is not user configurable.

## Usage

Download the release binary and double click `EnergyStar.exe`

For development, standard .NET 6 toolchains are required. The project structure should be self-explanatory.

## License

Dual licensed: MIT License with Microsoft exemptions.