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

# Charge Stop

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

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

#### 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

### 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/install/charge-stop/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Charge Stop

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Charge Stop

To install Charge Stop, simply use the following command:

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

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