GameBooster 🚀

Description

GameBooster is a comprehensive PC optimization utility for Windows specifically designed to improve gaming performance. The application provides a modern and intuitive graphical interface to monitor, clean, optimize, and schedule system maintenance tasks in real-time.

Features

💾 Memory Management

• 📊 Real-time RAM monitoring with graphical visualization
• 🔄 Manual and automatic memory cleaning
• 📈 Memory usage tracking and statistics

🗂️ Advanced Disk Cleaning

• ✅ Temporary files cleaning (system, user, browsers)
• 🌐 Browser cache clearing (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
• 🖼️ Windows thumbnails cache removal
• 🗑️ Recycle bin emptying
• ⚙️ System cache cleaning (experimental)
• 📊 Detailed space recovery reports

⏰ Complete Task Scheduler

• 🎯 Task Types: RAM cleaning, Disk cleaning, Windows Defender toggle
• 📅 Scheduling Options:
  • On Startup: Execute when application starts
  • Interval: Every X minutes (5-1440 min)
  • Daily: At specific time each day
  • Weekly: On specific day and time
  • On Condition: When thresholds are met
• ⚙️ Management: Create, edit, delete, enable/disable tasks
• 📊 Statistics: Success/failure tracking and execution history
• 💾 Persistence: Tasks saved automatically and restored on startup

🚀 Windows Integration

• 🔄 Auto-start with Windows (configurable in Settings)
• 🔽 Start minimized option
• ⏰ Auto-start scheduler option
• ⏱️ Configurable startup delay
• 🔧 Windows registry integration

🛡️ Windows Services Management

• 🛡️ Windows Defender toggle (temporary/permanent with warnings)
• ⚙️ Service status monitoring and control

🌐 Network Management (WIP)

• 🚧 Real-time network process monitoring (in development)
• 🚧 Bandwidth limiting for specific processes (in development)
• 🚧 QoS policy management (experimental)

🎨 Modern User Interface

• 🌓 Dark/Light theme support
• 📱 Responsive and intuitive design
• 🎛️ Real-time status indicators
• 📈 Visual feedback and progress tracking

Roadmap

✅ Completed Features

• ✅ Advanced disk cleaning - Complete with granular options
• ✅ Advanced Scheduler - Full CRUD operations with multiple scheduling types
• ✅ Windows services optimization - Defender management implemented

🔄 In Progress / Planned

• Network Limiter (WIP):
  • QoS-based bandwidth control for processes
  • Real-time network process monitoring
  • Process-specific bandwidth limiting
• CPU Limiter:
  • Change CPU priorities of processes
  • Impose CPU usage limitations
  • Process affinity management
• Enhanced Network Features:
  • Advanced traffic shaping
  • Application-specific network profiles
  • Network usage analytics
• System Optimization:
  • GPU memory cleaning
  • Registry optimization
  • Startup programs management
• Gaming Profiles:
  • Pre-configured optimization profiles for popular games
  • One-click performance mode activation
• Advanced Reporting:
  • System performance analytics
  • Optimization history and trends
  • Detailed system health reports
• Creation of an installer with auto-updater

Prerequisites

The application is developed in Rust. Make sure you have Rust and Cargo installed.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/GameBooster.git
cd GameBooster

2. Compile the project:

cargo build --release

Usage

Launch the application from the target/release folder:

./gamebooster.exe 

Quick Start Guide

1. Memory Tab: Monitor RAM usage and perform manual cleaning
2. Disk Tab: Scan and clean disk space with customizable options
3. Scheduler Tab: Create automated maintenance tasks
4. Services Tab: Manage Windows Defender and other services
5. Settings Tab: Configure auto-startup and application preferences

Administrator Rights

The application requires administrator rights for:

• Windows Defender management
• System file cleaning
• Registry modifications for auto-startup

Architecture

• Frontend: egui-based modern GUI
• Backend: Multi-threaded Rust with async operations
• Persistence: JSON-based configuration and task storage
• Integration: Windows API for system management
• Network: WinDivert for traffic management

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

Development Setup

1. Install Rust toolchain
2. Clone the repository
3. Run cargo build for development builds
4. Use cargo test to run the test suite

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Changelog

Check the CHANGELOG.md file to follow the project's evolution.

Support

For issues, feature requests, or questions, please open an issue on GitHub.