Brightintosh AlternativesScreen Dimmers and other similar apps like Brightintosh

Brightintosh is described as 'BrightIntosh is lightweight, works system-wide, has optional launch-at-login functionality and includes a global hotkey to toggle the extra brightness' and is a Screen Dimmer. There are more than 25 alternatives to Brightintosh for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Chrome OS apps. The best Brightintosh alternative is Twinkle Tray, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Brightintosh are MonitorControl, Dimmer, Monitorian and PangoBright.

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  1. Twinkle Tray icon
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    Twinkle Tray 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.

    29 Twinkle Tray alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Dimmer icon
     29 likes

    Adjust the brightness of all monitors, screens and displays.

    65 Dimmer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3.  2 likes

    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...

    13 ddcutil alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Lunar icon
     7 likes

    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display.

    17 Lunar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Velis Auto Brightness is a pretty powerfully adjustable auto-brightness app for your android device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. CareUEyes icon
     9 likes

    CareUEyes is a very simple but useful program when it is about your eye care. The program comes with a very simple and clean interface and needs to technical knowledge. Even a novice computer user can download and use it easily.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Python monitor control using the VESA Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS) over the Display Data Channel Command Interface Standard (DDC-CI).

    20 monitorcontrol (Python) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
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