BatteryGuardian

A modern Windows battery management application built with .NET 8 and WPF.

Features

• Real-time battery monitoring
• System tray with dynamic icon
• Toast notifications at configurable thresholds
• Battery calibration assistant
• Startup with Windows options
• History stored in SQLite
• Statistics and graphs (planned)
• Power plan switching
• Battery protection
• Light/Dark/System themes
• Comprehensive settings
• Low CPU usage

Repository Layout

SaBCare/
├── src/                  # WPF application source and project file
├── docs/                 # User and technical documentation
│   └── reports/          # Historical implementation and fix reports
├── scripts/              # Build and launch helpers
├── artifacts/            # Local screenshots/logs, ignored by Git
├── AGENTS.md             # Agent/project instructions
└── README.md

Build

1. Install .NET 8 SDK.
2. Restore packages: dotnet restore src/BatteryGuardian.csproj
3. Build: dotnet build src/BatteryGuardian.csproj
4. Run: dotnet run --project src/BatteryGuardian.csproj

The helper scripts are in scripts/:

scripts\build_and_run.bat
scripts\run.bat
scripts\run_admin.bat

Documentation

• docs/QUICK_START_GUIDE.md
• docs/USER_GUIDE_FINAL.md
• docs/TECHNICAL_REFERENCE.md
• docs/FILE_STRUCTURE.md

License

MIT