bbrpy 0.2.0

Better Battery Report for Windows

Better Battery Report

A Python CLI tool that generates enhanced battery reports for Windows systems using the powercfg command with data visualization capabilities.

Features

• Generate battery health reports with interactive visualizations
• Display basic battery information
• Export reports as HTML files with Plotly graphs
• Track battery capacity changes over time

Installation

pip install bbrpy

NOTE: It is highly recommended to use this tool with uvx: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/tools/

Usage

The tool provides two main commands:

Display Battery Information

bbrpy info

This command shows basic battery information including:

• Computer name
• Last scan time
• Design capacity
• Current full charge capacity

Generate Battery Report

bbrpy generate [--output PATH]

Options:

• --output: Specify the output path for the HTML report (default: "./reports/battery_report.html")

This command:

1. Generates a battery report using powercfg
2. Creates an interactive visualization of battery capacity history
3. Opens the report in your default web browser

Requirements

• Windows operating system
• Python 3.7 or higher
• Administrative privileges (for powercfg command)

Technical Details

The tool uses:

• powercfg Windows command-line tool for battery data
• Plotly for interactive visualizations
• Polars for data processing
• Typer for CLI interface

License

MIT License