BareStats v1.2.0 — True Mathematical Matrix Grid & Component Island Architecture

What's New in BareStats v1.2.0

Mathematical Matrix Grid Layout Engine (layout = custom_grid)

• Arbitrary 2D Spatial Placement: Design custom multi-row and multi-column telemetry widgets directly in config.ini (grid_row_1 = cpu | . | . | ram, etc.).
• Automatic Column Spans: Adjacent identical cell tokens on any row merge seamlessly into a single wide contiguous block.
• Empty Spacer Slots: Support for . or null or blank | | slots for freeform alignment.
• Static Label Tokens: Render custom text or section headers without telemetry formatting brackets (text:Label or label:Label).
• Resilient Fallback Protection: Empty or all-spacer matrices automatically fall back to the default synthesized template.

Component Island Micro-HWND Architecture (grid_mode = islands)

• Distributed Micro-HWND Surfaces: Each non-empty cell renders on its own isolated layered window calculated from global origin coordinates via cell_gap and row_gap.
• Zero Transparent Surface Bloat: Completely eliminates large transparent layered windows spanning multi-monitor displays, reducing Desktop Window Manager (DWM) alpha composition overhead.
• Show Desktop (Win+D) Resilience: Dedicated IslandWndProc actively intercepts WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING and re-asserts HWND_TOPMOST Z-order, preventing stats from disappearing behind the taskbar.
• Compact Unified Mode: grid_mode = unified maintains a single compact window with zero padding for tightly packed clusters.

Multi-GPU Grid Wrapping & Asymmetric GPU Configuration

• Multi-Row GPU Wrapping (layout = grid): Automatically wraps dense multi-GPU compute setups across stacked rows using max_gpus_per_row.
• Hierarchical Per-Adapter Overrides ([GPU0], [GPU1]): Configure independent per-device sensor toggles (show_temp, show_power, show_fan, vram_mode) for asymmetric rigs (e.g. detailed gaming metrics on primary dGPU and minimal VRAM-only monitoring on background AI compute cards).
• Direct GPU Cell Tokens: Place specific adapters anywhere on the grid (gpu0, gpu1, gpu0_vram, gpu1_vram, gpu0_temp, etc.) with dynamic background hardware target registration.

Hardware Auto-Introspection & Non-Destructive Schema Migration

• Automatic Hardware Comments: Initial configuration generation introspects physical DXGI adapters and annotates config.ini comments with detected GPU model names, vendor IDs, and hardware indices.
• In-Place Schema Migration: Safely upgrades v1.0/v1.1 configuration files to schema_version = 120 without altering user custom coordinates, margins, or color palettes.
• Polling Interval Clamping: refresh_interval_ms is guarded within [100, 60000] ms, safely defaulting to 1000 ms on sub-100 values.

Automated Test Suite Expansion

• 18 automated verification steps in BareStatsTests.exe testing schema migration, matrix parsing, cell merging, island layout math, multi-GPU grid wrapping, and driver fault recovery.

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Verification & Checksum

• BareStats.exe SHA-256:
  2738caca38de4704c2c149b9bcf2bfa9e65a5fdfc66e5e4b3d352b9ad8ab87ec

BareStats v1.1.0 — Multi-Vendor Telemetry, Precision VRAM & Multi-GPU Overlay

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BareStats v1.1.0

An ultra-lightweight, zero-overhead native telemetry overlay for Windows. Engineered for local AI/ML workloads (Ollama, PyTorch, vLLM, ComfyUI), competitive gaming, and non-intrusive desktop monitoring.

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What's New in v1.1.0

• Precision VRAM Allocation Modes (vram_mode):

  • physical (default): Reports gross hardware silicon capacity (e.g. 16.0 GB) matching retail packaging and Windows Task Manager.
  • usable: Reports net allocatable video memory excluding static driver reservations (e.g. 15.6 GB), preventing unexpected Out of Memory (OOM) allocation failures during local LLM and diffusion model loading.

• Expanded Multi-Vendor GPU Support:

  • AMD Radeon: Added native telemetry for discrete Radeon GPUs, tracking silicon temperatures, board power draw, and fan speeds (RPM and percentage).
  • Intel Arc & Iris Xe: Added native telemetry for Intel discrete and integrated graphics, surfacing package temperatures, power draw, and fan speeds.
  • NVIDIA: Isolated driver and firmware static reservations to deliver a true 0.0 GB idle baseline.

• Universal Graphics Engine Monitoring:

  • Added native GPU utilization tracking for integrated graphics (Intel UHD / Iris Xe, AMD APUs) and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (ARM64) systems, ensuring load percentages display accurately on laptops and APUs without discrete vendor software.

• Simultaneous Side-by-Side Multi-GPU Monitoring:

  • Monitor multiple GPUs simultaneously on a single overlay line (e.g. primary discrete GPU alongside integrated graphics, or dual workstation GPUs) using gpu_index = 0, 1 or gpu_index = all.

• Automated Verification & Driver Hardening:

  • Integrated an automated multi-vendor verification test suite into GitHub CI to validate telemetry accuracy across different architectures.
  • Fortified driver lifecycle recovery to ensure seamless, crash-free reconnection after display sleep, monitor disconnects, or GPU driver resets.

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Key Features

• Zero Kernel Drivers: Pure unprivileged Win32 architecture; zero risk of anti-cheat bans (Riot Vanguard, Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Ricochet compatible).
• 100% Offline & Private: Zero outbound network connections, zero telemetry analytics, zero background services.
• Ultra-Low Footprint: ~4.5 MB resident memory and true 0.00% idle CPU duty cycle via sub-microsecond dirty-frame bypasses.
• Optimus Battery Guard: Automatically protects mobile discrete GPU low-power sleep states (D3-cold) when monitoring integrated graphics on laptops.
• Physical Network Throughput: Zero-driver gateway throughput telemetry (NET X.XM↓ X.XM↑) with automatic filtering of virtual, WSL, bridge, and VPN adapters.
• Interactive Drag-to-Reposition: Press Ctrl + Shift + M (or Ctrl + Alt + M) to reposition the overlay anywhere across any connected monitor, or right-click the system tray icon.
• Instant Visibility Toggle: Press Ctrl + Shift + H (or Ctrl + Alt + H) to instantly show or hide the overlay on demand.
• Zero-Restart Config Hot-Reload: Live background file watcher for seamless updates via config.ini.

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Checksums (SHA-256)

BareStats.exe:      BD8D3ACF9A8428636BB851277A774A8C2FDAE1BCFBCA6C3F8CB3B61CB6E3F52E

BareStats v1.0.0 — Native System Telemetry Overlay

BareStats v1.0.0

An ultra-lightweight, zero-overhead native telemetry overlay for Windows. Engineered for local AI/ML workloads (Ollama, PyTorch, vLLM, ComfyUI) and non-intrusive desktop monitoring.

Key Features

• Zero Kernel Drivers: Pure unprivileged Win32 architecture; zero risk of anti-cheat bans (Riot Vanguard, Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Ricochet compatible).
• 100% Offline & Private: Zero outbound network connections, zero analytics, zero data collection.
• Ultra-Low Footprint: ~4.5 MB resident working set and 0.00% idle CPU duty cycle via dirty-frame rasterization bypasses.
• Full Telemetry Pipeline: Real-time multi-core CPU utilization, dedicated GPU engine load, VRAM, silicon temperatures, wattage, fan speeds, system RAM, and physical network throughput (NET X.XM↓ X.XM↑).
• Optimus Battery Guard: Protects mobile dGPU sleep states (D3-cold) when targeting integrated graphics.
• Live Customization & Hot-Reload: Non-blocking config watcher, custom separators, dynamic threshold coloring, and Per-Monitor V2 high-DPI scaling.
• Interactive Drag-to-Reposition: Press Ctrl + Shift + M to reposition the overlay anywhere across any monitor.

Checksums (SHA-256)

• BareStats.exe: 5548FC9E37C06421F88130B71BD0182B02B782834D3E90AE77AC5290243B6431