Lumen - magic auto brightness based on screen contents. You control Lumen simply by using your brightness keys - it'll automatically learn your preferences.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
PangoBright Alternatives
PangoBright is described as 'Screen dimming software that allows you to control the brightness of your screens as well as external monitors' and is a color temperature tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PangoBright for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Wayland and Android apps. The best PangoBright alternative is Redshift, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PangoBright are Twinkle Tray, Solace, LightBulb and Monitorian.
Alternatives list
7 darkbright-helper alternativesdarkbright-helper is a hotkey dimmer for Windows monitors that does not stop at 0%: it lowers the real backlight over DDC/CI, then keeps dimming with a black overlay below the hardware minimum.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Germany
EU
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Italy- EU
Focus view, extra brightness, ambient glow, and keep awake — all from your menu bar. JoyScreen transforms how you use your Mac.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Poland- EU
With cursor-based activation, keep your monitors off until you need them and protect your screens from burn-in and image retention.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
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Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Romania- EU
Away From Keyboard is an app that reduces eye strain with reminders to take a break.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Small GTK GUI application to set contrast, brightness and gamma for wayland compositors which support the wlr-gamma-control protocol extension. Basically this is the example from here: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/blob/master/examples/gamma-control.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Linux
- Wayland
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