Dimly Alternatives

Dimly is described as 'Open-source macOS menu bar tool offering brightness, blackout, and sleep control for external monitors, with DDC/CI hardware fallback and custom profiles' and is a Screen Dimmer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Dimly for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Dimly alternative is MonitorControl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dimly are Brightintosh, Lunar, DisplayBuddy and BetterDisplay.

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  4. Lunar icon

    Lunar

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    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display.

    20 Lunar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. BetterDisplay icon

    BetterDisplay

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    Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, virtual screens, PIP and lots more!.

    20 BetterDisplay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. D

    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
     
  10. Brisync icon

    Brisync

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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.

    59 Brisync alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Lumino icon

    Lumino

     1 like

    Lumino is a Mac utility that automatically controls the brightness of connected external displays based on ambient light. It uses the built-in light sensor of supported Macs and works with DDC/CI when available, with fallback options for displays that don’t fully support...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Brightness Master icon

    Brightness Master

     Like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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