From 029713fe28f2825c8f85e300c7661f16d2c1c3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tangowithfoxtrot <5676771+tangowithfoxtrot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:22:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow disabling hardware acceleration with env var (#14768)

---
 apps/desktop/src/main.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index 7d97805e9be..4821b018148 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export class Main {
       this.desktopSettingsService.hardwareAcceleration$,
     );
 
-    if (!hardwareAcceleration) {
+    if (!hardwareAcceleration || process.env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU) {
       this.logService.warning("Hardware acceleration is disabled");
       app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
     } else if (isMacAppStore()) {