battery-notifier 0.2

Sends desktop notifications for low and critical battery warnings, and optionally when charging/discharging state changes

battery_notifier

Sends desktop notifications for low and critical battery warnings, and optionally when charging/discharging state changes

Installation

battery_notifier has the following dependencies available on PyPI:

• pydbus
• PyGObject

The package can be installed using pipx, e.g.:

pipx install battery_notifier

Configuration

battery_notifier can be configured with a file located at ~/.config/battery_notifier/config.ini, e.g.

# Enable/disable the notifications for discharging and charging
enable_discharging_notification = true
enable_charging_notification = true

# Notification timeouts in ms
low_notification_expire_timeout = 0
critical_notification_expire_timeout = 0
discharging_notification_expire_timeout = 0
charging_notification_expire_timeout = 5000

Starting with systemd

A systemd service file is included in this repository which can be enabled and started like so:

# Copy the service file
cp battery_notifier.service ~/.local/share/systemd/user/

# Enable the service
systemctl --user enable battery_notifier

# Start the service
systemctl --user start battery_notifier