https://github.com/acnasdev/msicontroller
MsiController — a cross-platform application and service for managing MSI laptop features (EC, fan control, backlight, etc.) on Linux. Includes a Qt6-based GUI client, systemd service, D-Bus communication, and a kernel module.
https://github.com/acnasdev/msicontroller
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MsiController — a cross-platform application and service for managing MSI laptop features (EC, fan control, backlight, etc.) on Linux. Includes a Qt6-based GUI client, systemd service, D-Bus communication, and a kernel module.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/acnasdev/msicontroller
- Owner: AcNasDev
- Created: 2025-07-25T12:26:59.000Z (8 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-26T18:41:32.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-26T22:58:40.169Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: automation, dbus, device-management, embedded-controller, fan-control, gui, hardware-monitoring, installer, kernel-module, laptop, linux, open-source, qml, qt, qt6, service, system-utility, systemd
- Language: QML
- Homepage: https://acnas.net
- Size: 292 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# MsiController
**MsiController** is a comprehensive project for managing and monitoring MSI devices on Linux. The project consists of several components: a service, a client application, a helper library, and a kernel module.
## Features
- Fan control and monitoring (CPU/GPU)
- Shift mode switching (Eco, Comfort, Sport, Turbo)
- Keyboard backlight control (where supported)
- Super Battery mode (where supported)
- Mic mute and LED control (where supported)
- Battery charge threshold management
- Cooler Boost support
- Webcam toggle (where supported)
- System tray integration (client)
- Modern Qt6/QML graphical interface
- D-Bus and systemd integration
- Modular architecture (service, client, kernel module, helper library)
- Easy installation and uninstallation
## Screenshots
**Main Window**
**CPU Monitoring**
## Project Structure
- **src/helper** — helper library (`libhelper.so`) used by both the service and the client.
- **src/module** — Linux kernel module for interacting with the EC (Embedded Controller).
- **src/service** — system service (`MsiControlCenterService`) providing an API for device management.
- **src/client** — graphical Qt/QML client (`MsiControlCenterClient`).
## Build and Installation
### Dependencies
- CMake >= 3.16
- C++17 compiler (e.g. g++ or clang++)
- Qt6 (qt6-base-dev, qt6-declarative-dev, qt6-tools-dev, qt6-tools-dev-tools, qt6-charts-dev, qt6-qmltooling-plugins)
- libdbus-1-dev
- ninja-build
- pkg-config
- linux-headers-$(uname -r) (for building the kernel module)
- systemd (libsystemd-dev, systemd)
- git
- make
> On Debian/Ubuntu, you can install the required packages with:
>
> ```sh
> sudo apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build pkg-config git \
> qt6-base-dev qt6-declarative-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools \
> qt6-charts-dev qt6-qmltooling-plugins \
> libdbus-1-dev libsystemd-dev \
> linux-headers-$(uname -r)
> ```
### Build
```sh
git clone
cd MsiController
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . -G Ninja
```
### Installation
```sh
sudo cmake --install .
```
This will install all components to standard directories (`/usr/local/bin`, `/usr/local/lib`, `/lib/modules`, etc.), and will also configure the systemd service and D-Bus.
### Uninstallation
```sh
sudo cmake --build . --target uninstall
```
## Usage
- **Service** starts automatically via systemd:
`systemctl status msi-ec-service`
- **Client** can be launched from the applications menu or with the command:
`MsiControlCenterClient`
## Supported Laptops
Below is a full list of supported MSI laptop firmware configurations and available features, based on `src/service/settings.ini`:
| Config | Firmware(s) | Fan | Shift | Keyboard Backlight | Super Battery | Mic Mute |
|---------|-------------|-----|-------|--------------------|---------------|----------|
| CONF0 | 14C1EMS1.012, 14C1EMS1.101, 14C1EMS1.102 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF1 | 17F2EMS1.103, 17F2EMS1.104, 17F2EMS1.106, 17F2EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF2 | 1552EMS1.115, 1552EMS1.118, 1552EMS1.119, 1552EMS1.120 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF3 | 1592EMS1.111 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF4 | 16V4EMS1.114, 16V4EMS1.115 | ✔ | ✔ | | | |
| CONF5 | 158LEMS1.103, 158LEMS1.105, 158LEMS1.106 | ✔ | ✔ | | | ✔ |
| CONF6 | 1542EMS1.102, 1542EMS1.104 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| CONF7 | 17FKEMS1.108, 17FKEMS1.109, 17FKEMS1.10A | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF8 | 14F1EMS1.114, 14F1EMS1.115, 14F1EMS1.116, 14F1EMS1.117, 14F1EMS1.118, 14F1EMS1.119, 14F1EMS1.120 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CONF9 | 14JKEMS1.104, 14JKEMS1.300 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF10 | 1582EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF11 | 16S6EMS1.111 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF12 | 16R6EMS1.104, 16R6EMS1.106, 16R6EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF13 | 1594EMS1.109 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF14 | 17L2EMS1.108 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF15 | 15CKEMS1.108 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF16 | 155LEMS1.105, 155LEMS1.106 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF17 | 15K1IMS1.110, 15K1IMS1.111, 15K1IMS1.112, 15K1IMS1.113 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF18 | 15HKEMS1.104 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF19 | 1543EMS1.113, 17K3EMS1.115 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| CONF20 | 1581EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF21 | 16R3EMS1.100, 16R3EMS1.102, 16R3EMS1.104, 16R4EMS2.102 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF22 | 17LLEMS1.106 | ✔ | ✔ | | | ✔ |
| CONF23 | 16WKEMS1.105 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF24 | 14D1EMS1.103 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF25 | 14F1EMS1.207, 14F1EMS1.209, 14F1EMS1.211 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF26 | 14DLEMS1.105 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF27 | 17S2IMS1.113 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF28 | 1822EMS1.105, 1822EMS1.109, 1822EMS1.111, 1822EMS1.112, 1822EMS1.114, 1822EMS1.115 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF29 | 16V5EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| CONF30 | 17Q2IMS1.107, 17Q2IMS1.10D | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF31 | 16Q4EMS1.110 | ✔ | ✔ | | | |
| CONF32 | 158PIMS1.207, 158PIMS1.112, 158PIMS1.114 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF33 | 17N1EMS1.109 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF34 | 14C6EMS1.109 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF35 | 15M2IMS1.113 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF36 | 1585EMS1.112, 1585EMS1.115 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF37 | 15M1IMS1.113 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF38 | 17E8IMS1.106, 17E8EMS1.101 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF39 | 16R8IMS1.108, 16R8IMS1.111, 16R8IMS1.117 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CONF40 | 17S1IMS1.105 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF41 | 15M1IMS2.111 | ✔ | ✔ | | | ✔ |
| CONF42 | 14L1EMS1.307, 14L1EMS1.308 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF43 | 14DKEMS1.104, 14DKEMS1.105 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF44 | 17LNIMS1.505 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF45 | 1545IMS1.109 | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | |
| CONF46 | 16W1EMS1.102, 16W1EMS1.103, 16W1EMS1.104, 16W1EMS2.103, 16W2EMS1.101 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF47 | 17KKIMS1.108, 17KKIMS1.109, 17KKIMS1.114 | ✔ | ✔ | | | |
| CONF48 | 158NIMS1.10D, 158NIMS1.30C | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF49 | 16R4EMS1.101, 16R4EMS1.102, 16R5EMS1.102 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | |
| CONF50 | 1584EMS1.112 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CONF51 | 158MEMS1.101, 158KEMS1.104, 158KEMS1.106, 158KEMS1.109 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF52 | 16V1EMS1.109, 16V1EMS1.116, 16V1EMS1.118, 16V3EMS1.106 | ✔ | ✔ | | | |
| CONF53 | 159KIMS1.108 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ |
| CONF54 | 16R8IMS2.112 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CONF55 | 17G1EMS1.107 | ✔ | ✔ | | | |
*For details and updates, see `src/service/settings.ini`.*
## Contact / Support
- Email: mikhail@acnas.net
- Telegram: [@AcNasRu](https://t.me/AcNasRu)
- LinkedIn: [Mikhail Bulatov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikhail-bulatov-13277a253/)
## Acknowledgements
Special thanks to [BeardOverflow/msi-ec](https://github.com/BeardOverflow/msi-ec) for inspiration.
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
**Note:** This project uses the Qt framework, which is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.
See [https://www.qt.io/licensing](https://www.qt.io/licensing) and the `LICENSE.LGPL3` file for details.
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