Brightness Master Alternatives

Brightness Master is described as 'This small utility will try to make controlling your external monitor brightness and contrast easier. Also it have day and night presets, which stored in a right-click on a button' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Brightness Master for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, openSUSE and Python apps. The best Brightness Master alternative is MonitorControl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Brightness Master are Monitorian, ddcutil, DDCcontrol and QuickShade.

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  1. MonitorControl icon

    MonitorControl

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    🖥 Control your external monitor brightness & volume on your Mac.

    15 MonitorControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • MonitorControl is the most popular Mac alternative to Brightness Master.

    • MonitorControl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Brightness Master.

    • MonitorControl is Free and Open SourceBrightness Master is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Monitorian icon

    Monitorian

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    Monitorian is a Windows desktop tool to adjust the brightness of multiple monitors with ease.

    22 Monitorian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Monitorian is the most popular Windows alternative to Brightness Master.

    • Monitorian is Free and Open SourceBrightness Master is Paid and Proprietary
    • Monitorian is LightweightBrightness Master is not according to our users

  4. ddcutil

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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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • ddcutil is the most popular Linux alternative to Brightness Master.

    • ddcutil is Free and Open SourceBrightness Master is Paid and Proprietary
  5. DDCcontrol icon

    DDCcontrol

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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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  6. QuickShade icon

    QuickShade

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    A macOS app to quickly change the brightness of your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. iBrightness Tray icon

    iBrightness Tray

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    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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  9. monitorcontrol (Python)

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

    13 monitorcontrol (Python) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
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