# hyprfreeze Hyprfreeze is a utility to suspend a game process (and other programs) in Hyprland. https://github.com/Zerodya/hyprfreeze/assets/73220426/541318e2-441a-485a-91c5-f58d4f65926a **Useful to:** - Pause single-player games that can't normally be paused (Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, ...) - Pause cutscenes to read the subtitles or if you suddenly need to leave your desk - Save system resources (excluding RAM) if you need them for another computer task, or if the game's pause menu uses too many **Note:** Running games in [**gamescope**](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope) is highly recommended. (See [#1](https://github.com/Zerodya/hyprfreeze/issues/1)) ## Installation ### Arch Linux Hyprfreeze is available in [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hyprfreeze-git). ### Dependencies - `hyprland` to get the pid of the active window with hyprctl - `jq` to parse json - `psmisc` contains 'pstree' which is required to list child processes ### Optional - [`hyprprop`](https://github.com/vilari-mickopf/hyprprop) to get the pid of a window by selecting it with your mouse ### Highly Recommended - [`gamescope`](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope) fixes mouse input not working in other XWayland windows after pausing a Wine game. It's also the superior way to game in Wayland anyway. ### Manual Clone this repo and symlink the `hyprfreeze` script to a directory in your `PATH`: ```bash $ git clone https://github.com/Zerodya/hyprfreeze.git Hyprfreeze $ ln -s $(pwd)/Hyprfreeze/hyprfreeze $HOME/.local/bin $ chmod +x Hyprfreeze/hyprfreeze ``` ## Usage Add a bind in your Hyprland config to pause the current active window: ``` # ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf ... # Toggle freeze on active window bind = , PAUSE, exec, hyprfreeze -a ``` ### Available flags ``` -h, --help show help message -a, --active toggle suspend by active window -p, --pid toggle suspend by process id -n, --name toggle suspend by process name/command -r, --prop toggle suspend by clicking on window -s, --silent don't send notification -t, --notif-timeout notification timeout in milliseconds (default 5000) --info show information about the process --dry-run doesn't actually suspend/resume a process, useful with --info --debug enable debug mode ``` ### Examples: ``` # Pause game by process name hyprfreeze -n eldenring.exe ``` ``` # Get info about a process by clicking on its window, without suspending it hyprfreeze -r --info --dry-run ``` ## Disclaimer There is always the risk, although slim, that an application may crash. This is intrinsically related to modifying running processes and is not something that Hyprfreeze can prevent. Please make sure to **save your data** before using hyprfreeze.