[Bug]: Stretchly on M1 seems to be consuming too much energy

[acyment]

Version

• [X] I'm using version 1.13.1

Known issues

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Existing issues

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What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

Ventura 13.2.1

Reproduction steps

1. Open Stretchly
2. Open Activity Monitor
3. Check energy consumption

Expected Behavior

I would expect a fairly passive app like Stretchly to be in the low consuming spectrum. I am currently using Time Out, not because I like the experience better, but because consumption seems to be approximately 5x lower.

Thanks for the hard work!

Actual Behavior

Apple's algorithm for estimating energy consumption is closed source (sucks), but there seems to be a correlation with the amount of threads and idle wake ups.

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[hovancik]

Hi,I don't have mac with M, but Stretchly is build with ElectronJS which is resource hungry ;/

there seems to be a correlation with the amount of threads and idle wake ups. Do you mean it goes up when your computer comes back from idle? Number of processes that Stretchly has should stay same-ish over time. (Processes get created when break starts but they should get destroyed when they end)

[12people]

@hovancik Just wondering — have you considered replacing Electron with Tauri? Just like Electron, it's a framework for building desktop apps with web technologies, but unlike Electron, it uses a platform's native WebView rather than bundling Chromium and is more optimized for a smaller footprint and lower memory usage.

That could perhaps help make Stretchly more efficient on all platforms.

[hovancik]

Yes, I did when Stretchly was not so big. At that time Electron alternatives didn't have Tray or Building packages.

Some of them have now, but with the current amount of code it basically means starting from scratch.

[12people]

Oh, ok, I understand.

[StevenM1]

I'm on an M1 Pro here, macOS Monterey (12.7.1) and stretchly 1.14.1, but I don't have the same excessive amount of resources used as reported here.. It's still an electron app, of course, so its fingerprint is not as small as a native app could get to, but it seems reasonable? Reported 12h power is 0.55 (whatever that means) here.