For students working unplugged

Make the next outlet optional, not urgent.

Battery Hog helps explain a fast-draining MacBook when lectures, research tabs, code, video calls, and background tools are all competing for the same charge.

Battery drain is rarely one obvious app

A browser can hold dozens of tabs. A class project can leave a server behind. A video call can end while a sleep assertion does not. Battery Hog brings those clues beside total power draw and estimated remaining runtime.

Plan your runway

See current battery level, total live draw, and a forecast before a long class or study block.

Catch leftovers

Find apps, development workloads, and sleep blockers that kept working after you moved on.

Learn your pattern

Use charge and drain history to separate one bad session from a recurring habit.

Keep data local

No account or monitoring analytics. Update checks are manual unless you opt into periodic checks.

Start with the least disruptive move

Battery Hog is designed to explain before it acts. Close an unused tab group, stop a stale local server, mute an unhelpful suggestion, or leave the workload alone when it matters more than the battery.

Free and open source: Battery Hog is MIT licensed today. The founder may explore voluntary donations or optional Pro features later; the current utility does not require payment or an account.

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