LightBulb Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Desktop Dimmer

    16 likes

   Enable darker-than-dark dimming for internal and external screens.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (CC0-1.0)

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • International

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

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   waysn

    2 likes

   gamma adjustments for Wayland.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland
   • Rust

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   Screen Shader

    3 likes

   Screen Shader is a chrome extension designed to tint the screen a “cozy” orange color to reduce eye strain, eye fatigue, and restore day/night balance, while also providing a wide variety of settings for everyone's different tastes!.

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Color Temperature

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Chrome OS
   • Google Chrome

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Iris

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   myPoint Shade

    2 likes

   Stop burning your eyes! myPoint Shade is caring for your eyes' comfort.

   If you work in a dark room or struggle with eye strain and headache, myPoint will tune up your displays - this way it will care for your health and comfort.

   myPoint allows you to adjust the brightness o.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Gamma Dimmer

    Like

   Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • Romania
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Romania
   • EU

   

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   Nocturne

    10 likes

   Nocturne is simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It has a few tricks up its sleeve: color correction, window shadow toggling, and background removal.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

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    DimScreen

     6 likes

    Form 1 Hour Software by skrommel, it can dim the screen by applying a transparent gray layer on top of your opened applications

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Screen Dimmer

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

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    NegativeScreen

     12 likes

    NegativeScreen is a Windows application allowing you to invert your screen colors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    Brisync

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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    sunsetr

     1 like

    Automatic blue-light filter for Hyprland, Niri, and everything Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux

    • United States

    

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    SCT - Set Color Temperature

     1 like

    Setting the color temp of the screen really only requires about 40 lines of C (80 or so all inclusive). sct is a crude utility which does roughly that. I’d say exactly that, but some of the calculations aren’t actually exact.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Color Temperature

    Platforms

    • Linux

    S

    

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    PC Sun Screen

     2 likes

    This advanced Windows app allows you to alter the screen shading according to the time of day, which is great if you work outside the normal hours, or if you need a lift in the afternoon. You can set the colour tints and your awake and sleep times.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Color Temperature

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • India

    

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