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 Mac, Windows, 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 Solace, MonitorControl, Dimly and Dimmer.

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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. Solace icon
     6 likes

    Automatically changes Mac appearance using real-time weather, sunlight, and time data for light and dark modes, dynamic wallpapers, and color temperature, with on-device privacy, menu bar access, no subscriptions, and no analytics for seamless daily comfort.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Dimly icon
     5 likes

    Open-source macOS menu utility for unified brightness, blackout, and sleep control of external monitors, using hybrid DDC/CI and software overlays, per-display settings, custom profiles, hotkeys, panic shortcut, privacy by design, and secure signed builds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Dimmer icon
     29 likes

    Adjust the brightness of all monitors, screens and displays.

    66 Dimmer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. LumiMax icon
     3 likes

    XDR brightness boost app for Mac — push your display to 1600 nits using native EDR overlay, with color accuracy preserved and better battery efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6.  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...

    15 ddcutil alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Lunar icon
     7 likes

    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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