Restless

Restless is a Windows app that shows which apps are currently preventing sleep, then lets you jump to or close the blocking app quickly.

Screenshots

What it does

• Reads current power requests using powercfg /requests
• Shows a friendly app-centric view and an advanced raw-detail view
• Supports quick actions for selected blockers (open/activate, close)

Install (Recommended)

Installation Requirements

• Windows 10 version 1809+ (build 17763) or newer
• 64-bit Windows (x64)
• Administrator privileges to install under Program Files

Installation Steps

1. Download Restless-Setup-<version>-x64.exe from GitHub Releases.
2. Run the installer and complete setup.
3. Launch Restless from Start Menu.

Notes:

• The installer places the app under Program Files\Restless.
• If prompted by SmartScreen, choose More info -> Run anyway.

Development Requirements

• Windows 10 version 1809+ (build 17763) or newer
• .NET 8 SDK
• Visual Studio 2022 (or newer) with WinUI / Windows App SDK workloads

Build

dotnet restore
dotnet build .\Restless.csproj -c Release

Build EXE Installer (Inno Setup)

Publish app files for packaging:

dotnet publish .\Restless.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -o .\artifacts\publish\win-x64

Build the installer using installer\Restless.iss in Inno Setup. The output installer is written to artifacts\installer.

Portable ZIP (Optional)

Publish a self-contained release folder:

dotnet publish .\Restless.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -o .\release

Create a zip for GitHub Releases:

Compress-Archive -Path .\release\* -DestinationPath .\Restless-win-x64.zip -Force

Users can then download, unzip, and run Restless.exe.

License

This project is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only. See LICENSE.

Commercial licensing is available under separate terms. See COMMERCIAL-LICENSE.md.