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Crisp - Monitor Control

Open-source macOS menu bar app enabling HiDPI scaling on external monitors, DDC brightness with software dimming, icon-based display presets, virtual displays, drag-to-arrange multi-monitor layouts, ICC profile switching, auto-brightness sync, and quick access toggles for display modes.

Crisp's menu bar panel: per-display resolution and brightness, Dark Mode / Night Shift / True Tone, presets, and tools
The same panel localized in Simplified Chinese (????)

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Platforms

  • Mac  Requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later.
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Automatic brightness dimming
  2.  Swift App
  3.  Custom Profile
  4.  Change resolution
  5.  No registration required
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Dark Mode
  10.  Support for Hotkeys
  11.  SwiftUI App
  12.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  13.  Apple Silicon support
  14.  Frame rate control
  15.  Adjusting brightness
  16.  Backlight brightness control
  17.  No Telemetry
  18.  Display Management
  19.  Sits in the menu bar

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  •  73 Forks
  •  8 Open Issues
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What is Crisp - Monitor Control?

Crisp is a free, open-source (MIT) menu bar app for managing external displays on macOS. Its main feature is HiDPI (Retina-style) scaling for monitors macOS normally leaves blurry or undersized, such as 1080p and 1440p panels, with an optional smooth-scaling mode for fine-grained control.

It also provides DDC hardware brightness (with a software-dimming fallback and keyboard brightness keys that drive external monitors), saved display presets, a drag-to-arrange multi-monitor canvas, virtual displays, ICC profile switching and image adjustments, auto-brightness that follows the built-in screen, keep-awake, and one-click Dark Mode / Night Shift / True Tone toggles.

Every feature is free, including several that BetterDisplay and Lunar keep behind paid tiers. Requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later. Localized in English and Simplified Chinese.