Framework System TUI

A snappy TUI dashboard for controlling and monitoring your Framework Laptop hardware — charging, privacy, lighting, USB PD ports, and more.

:octocat: Features

Framework Laptop Hardware

• Live battery and charge status with limits and charging controls
• Privacy toggles for microphone & camera
• Input Deck Mode selector (Framework 16)
• Keyboard & Fingerprint brightness controls
• USB PD port monitoring
• Fan RPM
• Thermal info: CPU/GPU temperatures
• System info: BIOS details

Installation

📀 Binaries

The pre-compiled binaries for Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD are available for download on the Releases page

📦 Via crates.io

Install the latest released version with Cargo:

cargo install framework-tool-tui --locked

📝 From source

Requires Rust 1.88 or later and a Framework laptop.

git clone https://github.com/grouzen/framework-tool-tui.git
cd framework-tool-tui
cargo build --release
# or via cargo install
cargo install --path .

🐧 Linux distros

Gentoo linux

It is available via official Gentoo packages or the lamdness overlay

# Official gentoo repository
sudo emerge -av app-laptop/framework-tool-tui

# or via lamdness overlay
sudo eselect repository enable lamdness
sudo emaint -r lamdness sync
sudo emerge -av app-laptop/framework-tool-tui

Arch linux

It is available via AUR or archlinuxcn

[yay/paru] -S framework-tool-tui # Install from AUR
sudo pacman -S framework-tool-tui # Install from archlinuxcn

NixOS linux

It is available via official NixOS packages:

nix-shell -p framework-tool-tui # Install temporarily

# Add to the NixOS configuration or use nix profile to install permanently

🍺 Homebrew for Linux

Available via the framework-tool-tui formula

brew install framework-tool-tui

😈 FreeBSD

It is available in FreeBSD ports

pkg install framework-tool-tui

Windows

For now, you can install it From Source or From Pre-built Binaries

👨 Run

It needs to be running with root privileges to access hardware controls.

sudo framework-tool-tui

📝 Architecture

See ARCHITECTURE.md for full technical breakdown.

• Hardware polling via framework_lib

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests welcome! For bug reports or feature requests, see Issues.

Check your code before pushing

It is recommended to run cargo make check-all before commiting and pushing to your feature branch.

This requires cargo make runner to be installed on your system:

cargo install --force cargo-make

Commit Message Convention

This project uses Conventional Commits for automated versioning and changelog generation. Please format your commit messages as:

<type>: <description>

[optional body]

Common types:

• feat: - New feature (triggers minor version bump)
• fix: - Bug fix (triggers patch version bump)
• docs: - Documentation changes
• refactor: - Code refactoring
• test: - Adding or updating tests
• chore: - Maintenance tasks
• ci: - CI/CD changes

Examples:

feat: add thermal monitoring support
fix: correct battery percentage calculation
docs: update installation instructions

For breaking changes, add ! after the type or include BREAKING CHANGE: in the footer:

feat!: redesign UI layout

Technical stack

• ratatui
• tokio
• framework_lib

🧑‍⚖️ License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Mykhailo Nedokushev

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

See LICENSE and Cargo.toml for license & dependencies.