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 eight alternatives to Brightness Master for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, 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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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  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
    iBrightness Tray screenshot 1
     
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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
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    JoyScreen

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    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
    JoyScreen screenshot 1
     
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