Twinkle Tray Alternatives

Twinkle Tray is described as 'Enables brightness control on external displays in Windows 10 & 11. Even th Windows is capable of adjusting the backlight on most monitors, it doesn't support external monitors natively' and is a popular Screen Dimmer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Twinkle Tray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, openSUSE and Flathub apps. The best Twinkle Tray alternative is Solace. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Monitorian or MonitorControl. Other great apps like Twinkle Tray are Dimmer, Lunar, BetterDisplay and DisplayBuddy.

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  1. iBrightness Tray is a little bit of a swiss army knife display tool as adjusting the brightness of your screen is just one of three main functions it has. The other two are turning on your screensaver at the click of a button and also the ability to turn off the display...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. The app lets you control the brightness of all your screens (both laptop and desktop) by a single click on a tray icon. Its look goes nicely with the system icons and it supports both light and dark mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. luminance icon
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    A simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. EasyOnTheEyes icon
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    FREE and simple screen shader app. Complete multiple display support, including latest OS X. • Five presets. Easy to change too. • Multiple monitor support, even on latest macOS. • Quickly detects all monitor changes. • Fine control.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. The program is designed to adjust the brightness of monitors, laptop displays and other equipment. Runs on Windows 7+ and does not require installation. Works with all external monitors that have DDC/CI support, as well as with built-in displays of laptops, all-in-ones and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Most monitors, other than laptop displays, have a Virtual Control Panel (VCP), which implements features defined in the Montor Control Command Set (MCCS). Typically, ddcutil communicates with the monitor's VCP over an I2C bus, as per the Display Data Channel/Command...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. ddcui icon
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    Graphical user interface implemented using Qt for ddcutil - control monitor settings

    7 ddcui alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Brisync icon
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    Synchronize your external monitor brightness with built-in display. Application reads current brightness of your built-in display and passes it to external monitors via DDC interface. You can adjust brightness by menu in system status bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. DDCcontrol icon
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    DDCcontrol is software for controlling monitor parameters such as brightness, contrast, and RGB color levels. It includes a command-line tool and a GUI tool.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
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    Windows implementation of the ddcutil Linux program for querying and changing monitor settings, such as brightness and color levels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Free and Open Source alternative to Vivid macOS application to extend Apple XDR display brightness from 500 up to 1600 nits.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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