Alienware Command Centre Alternative for Linux

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AWCC* is an unofficial alternative to Alienware Command Centre of Windows for the Dell G series and Alienware Series Laptops on Linux, supporting almost all features that the Windows version supports, including custom fan controls, light effects, g-mode, and autoboost.

*This project is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or produced by Dell. It is simply my personal contribution and hobby aimed at improving the Linux experience on Dell laptops.

🎮 Discord community for support and feedback :

🖥️ GUI and CLI support
⚡ Lightweight (uses around ~100mb of RAM with GUI, else 6mb RAM)
🌈 All Light Effects
🧑‍💻 Daemon Support (no sudo needed if daemon is running)
🎮 GMode and Light Key autobinding just like Windows
🔥 Supports All modes that your device has
💻 Supports all of G15 and G16 with some Alienware
🕵️ No Telemetry and Open Source :3
📈 Custom Fan Curve (Soon)

🛠️ Building And Installation

Dependencies :

acpi_call-dkms
git
make
cmake
libusb
glfw
libx11
libgl
ttf-roboto

Make Dependencies :

Note

Recommended to install them first if you want a faster compile progress

loguru
nlohmann_json
stb_image
libevdev

OR if you are a debianoid

sudo apt-get install acpi-call-dkms git make cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev libglfw3-dev libx11-dev libgl-dev libevdev-dev pkgconf g++-13

git clone https://github.com/tr1xem/AWCC cd AWCC && mkdir build/ cd build && cmake .. sudo make install

Then enable the awccd.service using :

sudo systemctl enable --now awccd.service

Reload udev rules using

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger

Load ACPI module using

Need support or want this project to support your device ? Join our Discord community or open a Github Discussion

Tested on:

Dell G15 5511
Dell G15 5520
Dell G15 5525
Dell G15 5530
Dell G16 7630
Alienware m16 R2 (execpt keyboard all lights work)

♨️ Rewrite Thermal Core of AWCC in C++ with minimal API changes
💡 Rewrite LightFX Core of AWCC in C++ with minimal API changes
🖥️ CLI Mode
📦 install script
🖼️ GUI - Using Dear ImGui and some visuals from Windows version
🧩 Auto Zone identify using libusb and Alien FX Sdk
📊 Fan Curve for AutoBoost
🖲️ Improved DMI and Normal Device Detection
🧠 Better ACPI Executions with fallback and functions like executeacip(0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
🕹️ Support for Legacy USTT modes
📝 JSON Config file and parsing
⌨️ Grab Unmark keys directly from daemon using evdev
👾 Other Zones like head and support for Alienware - Low Priority
🐞 Verbose and Debug Mode