BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Name: BatteryBoi (Open-Source)
Rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)

The battery app your Mac's been dreaming about.

5.0•8 reviews•

366 followers

The battery app your Mac's been dreaming about.

5.0•8 reviews•

366 followers

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Born from a fun weekend project, with popular demand, BatteryBoi has become a full-fledged, open-source, completely free battery app giving you beautiful Dynamic Island-style notifications, and insights into your battery, and even your connected devices.

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Launch tags:Mac•GitHub•Menu Bar Apps

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BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

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👋🏻 Hey friends, I am Joe the founder of BatteryBoi. 🙏🏻 Thanks for clicking on our Product Hunt page! 🤔 So what's the deal with this funky lil' MacOS app then? Well, let me tell you my inquisitive friend, BatteryBoi. was born from a tweet by @twhetton. He envisioned the MacOS battery indicator having a time estimate rather than just an empty, soulless bar. 💪🏻 So I set out one weekend to make this little widget one Saturday night as I am a party animal and launched it on Twitter 📈 The tweet now has 66k views, and had a significant amount of downloads from GitHub in the first few hours. I was amazed, this little widget had caused quite a stir. 🎁 It was suggested by @jaroshevskii that I make it open source. I had never worked on an open-source project before but it seemed like a great way to give back to the development community that has given me so much over the years. So I did just that under the GPL-3.0 license License. 🤑 ...And with that, it only made sense to give it away for FREE! - yes, not catch BatteryBoi is, and will always be free. But if you want to donate you can do it via the website 🚀 So what's next? Well as you can see, BatteryBoi has left the realms of being just a wee little menu bar widget, it now has a fully-fledged, dynamic island-style UI with a few more bells and whistles like customization, smart notification, and much more. But I am most excited about the Bluetooth functionality coming very soon! This will give you quick access to all your connected devices, and bring much-needed notifications for these non-apple devices to the mac. So be sure to share this and maybe support the project if you want to see that. 🤘 That's it, friends, that's BatteryBoi - The battery app your Mac's been dreaming about behind your back.. Try it out and let me know what you think!

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3yr ago

What an interesting little story of how it came to existence haha I'm downloading now and ready for my next charging session ;)

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3yr ago

BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Maker

@sandradjajic thanks friend. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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3yr ago

weegee.ch

Joe, it really looks awesome. Both the website and the Mac App. I have installed it since some days and I love it. You're giving it for free? Any paid plans in mind for later?

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3yr ago

BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Maker

@philkellr no plans dude, I wanna keep this one free. But I will be pushing people to donate every version update and I think some will. Either way, this project has been a success in many ways already.

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3yr ago

Hi, where is your donation page link? I don't see it on your webpage (https://batteryboi.ovatar.io/). Overall, the latest version works on my unsupported 2014 MBP. Thumbs up!

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3yr ago

BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Maker

@ichigorue new version inbound today Rue. Donation page is batteryboi.ovatar.io?modal=donate, and yes, the website needs some ❤️

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3yr ago

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That looks supper slick! I like to have minimalistic yet very useful things in my toolkit :) congratulations on the launch!

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3yr ago

BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Maker

@thejaime Thanks Jamie! I am so glad people are not only loving it, but using it daily!

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3yr ago

Outcome

@thejaime @mistermeenr Love the slick minimalistic design on my side too. Congrats on the launch!

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3yr ago

un:safe

BatteryBoi is THE thing to have on you mac if you work outside 🙌 I felt so much at ease being able to plan my time in the coffeeshop before needing to hop on a changer 👌

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3yr ago

BatteryBoi (Open-Source)

Maker

@emin_roblack1 I hadn't thought of this use case but makes sense. Maybe I should add a panic mode that tells you to drink your coffee and RUN. Thanks so much as always @emin_roblack1 for your support.

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3yr ago

WhiteSpace

BatteryBoi is an amazing product. I thought the battery cycle count in the BatteryBoi will be better to see as well. So, replied to a tweet and next morning when I woke up, I say Joe Barbour implemented it and released a build. This is by far the fastest feature request implemented that I've experienced in my life. I love this app man. It's amazing!

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3yr ago

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BatteryBoi (Open-Source) is highly praised for its sleek design and functionality, providing users with dynamic notifications and battery insights. Users appreciate its aesthetic appeal and lightweight performance, often describing it as a significant improvement over default battery apps. The app's open-source nature and responsive development, highlighted by a user who experienced a rapid feature implementation by Joe Barbour, are also commended. While some users on unsupported hardware report minor issues, the overall feedback is overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing willingness to support its continued development.

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