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title: Install Charge Stop on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Charge Stop for Linux - Battery charge threshold
  manager for laptops
url: https://snapcraft.io/charge-stop
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# Charge Stop

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zygoon)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zygoon "View all snaps from Zygmunt Krynicki (zygoon)")

* [Zygmunt Krynicki (zygoon)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zygoon "View all snaps from Zygmunt Krynicki (zygoon)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 0.2.1

Install latest/stable of Charge Stop

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install charge-stop
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* charge-stop

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 25 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [me@zygoon.pl](mailto:me@zygoon.pl "mailto:me@zygoon.pl")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop](https://gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop "https://gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/zygoon/charge-stop/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/charge-stop#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/charge-stop#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/charge-stop#tab-security)

#### Battery charge threshold manager for laptops

Charge Stop manages your laptop's battery charge threshold — the percentage
above which charging stops. Keeping it below 100% extends battery lifespan
for laptops that spend most of their time plugged in.

## Quick start (CLI)

The command-line tool is the primary way to use Charge Stop:

$ charge-stop # show the current threshold

$ charge-stop 65 # stop charging at 65%

$ charge-stop history day # render battery activity as a chart

Run `charge-stop history` to see how your laptop has been used over time.
Plug-in, unplug, and charge cycles are rendered as color-coded terminal
charts for the current day (default), week (`history week`), or month
(`history month`). Try it:

$ charge-stop history

## How it works

A root daemon (`charge-stopd`) manages the sysfs battery attribute directly
and persists the setting so it survives reboots and suspend. Firmware on
many laptops resets the threshold across these events, but the daemon
re-applies the persisted value automatically (including after resume).

The CLI talks to the daemon over a UNIX domain socket using a small REST API:

* GET /v1/threshold report the current threshold
* POST /v1/threshold set and persist the threshold
* POST /v1/restore re-apply the persisted threshold
* GET /v1/events retrieve battery event history

## Snap interfaces (strict confinement)

The daemon uses the `power-control` interface to manage sysfs battery
attributes. Connect it manually before use:

$ sudo snap connect charge-stop:power-control

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## Install Charge Stop on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/charge-stop/raspbian)