Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, virtual screens, PIP and lots more!.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac

BrightXDR is described as 'Free and Open Source alternative to Vivid macOS application to extend Apple XDR display brightness from 500 up to 1600 nits' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to BrightXDR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Chrome OS apps. The best BrightXDR alternative is Twinkle Tray, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BrightXDR are MonitorControl, Dimmer, Monitorian and PangoBright.
Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, virtual screens, PIP and lots more!.

this app puts a Monitor Brightness icon to on Taskbar Tray. So you can access it with 1 click.


Free software for eye protection and more! It protects your eyes while you are working on the computer. Eye Saver has three main functions: blue light filter; eliminates the invisible flickering of the display backlight; reminds you to take breaks;


ControlMyMonitor allows you view and modify the settings of your monitor (Also known as 'VCP Features'), like brightness, contrast, sharpness, red/green/blue color balance, OSD Language, Input Port (VGA , DVI , HDMI ) and more...

Free Monitor Manager lets you easily change your monitor's brightness, contrast and colors.


Kumux is a dynamic circadian color scheme for code editors and other software. It adjust color temperature, color hues, contrast and brightness levels throughout the day based on the position of the sun.


EyeSavior is Windows utility that allows changing monitor brightness from desktop. You can change monitor brightness manually or if you have hardware light sensor monitor brightness will be changed automatically according to your settings.

Simple Screen Brightness is a small portable application written in C# that allows you to adjust the brightness for all of your connected monitors using a slider without having to use their difficult-to-use built-in menu systems.

Monitor Bright reduces with a simple trick the monitor brightness. Useful to use the PC at night without getting blind if the minimum brightness that can be obtained adjusting monitor settings is still too high if compared to ambience brightness. Supports multi monitor systems.

