GTK4 overlay drawer for z13ctl-plus on Wayland.
Z13GUI+ is an independently named fork of
dahui/z13gui for
z13ctl-plus. It preserves intentional
API and UI compatibility, but v2.0.0 uses its own command, service,
configuration, runtime, desktop, and application-ID namespaces. The installed
command is z13gui-plus; no z13gui alias is provided.
The z13gui-plus package can coexist with upstream. Packages do not provide,
conflict with, or replace upstream, and installation leaves the GUI service
disabled. Enable only the GUI that matches the controller daemon you selected.
- Power automation — save named configurations and assign separate presets for plugged-in and battery operation
- Independent CPU policy — control minimum CPU frequency, AMD EPP, and boost without coupling them to GPU clocks
- Expanded telemetry — monitor CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, battery, power, clocks, temperatures, and both fans from a dedicated Overview
- Battery insight — see health, energy capacity, system draw, charge state, and direction-aware runtime estimates
- Direct display control — switch the internal panel between 60 Hz and 180 Hz
- Safer tuning feedback — identify unsaved overrides, high-TDP fan safety, the live fan-curve operating point, and reset all tuning overrides together
- Faster fan control — select Auto, Balanced, or Turbo without editing a curve
Z13GUI+ is part of a three-repo tablet stack for the Z13:
- z13ctl-plus — the daemon behind this drawer: owns display state and persists tablet settings
- z13-tablet-kit — posture detection (dock/folio/tablet) and touch input: touchscreen toggling, touch scrolling, and two-finger context menus
The tablet chip in this drawer is hidden until the kit's z13-tablet-switch
reports a heartbeat. Toggles you change here are persisted by z13ctl-plus
and applied live by the kit — no restarts required.
Power |
Power Tuning |
RGB |
System |
# Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S z13gui-plus-bin
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./z13gui-plus_*.deb
# Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install ./z13gui-plus_*.rpm
# Manual (from release tarball)
wget https://github.com/aic0d3r/z13gui-plus/releases/download/v2.1.0/z13gui-plus_2.1.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf z13gui-plus_2.1.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo install -Dm755 z13gui-plus /usr/local/bin/z13gui-plusAUR lag: the
z13gui-plus-binAUR package trails the GitHub releases (currently 1.3.0 vs. v2.1.0 — AUR updates are paused). It lacks the tablet integration. For the latest, install the release tarball from GitHub instead of AUR.
See the Installation guide for systemd service setup, source builds, and uninstall instructions.
Press the Armoury Crate button on your Z13 to open the drawer. The Overview
shows live system state; Power contains automation, CPU policy, battery strategy,
and advanced tuning. Hardware-control changes are sent to the z13ctl-plus
daemon.
After installing v2.0.0, copy the complete legacy configuration only if the new Plus configuration directory does not exist:
systemctl --user disable --now z13gui.service
z13gui-plus --migrate-config
systemctl --user enable --now z13gui-plus.serviceMigration copies $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/z13gui to
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/z13gui-plus; it leaves the source untouched and does not
change services or remove artifacts. Run the disable command only when the old
service is known to be from this fork. Legacy names may belong to upstream, so
remove old files only after verifying their provenance. See the
migration guide.
Full documentation at https://aic0d3r.github.io/z13gui-plus