LightBulb Alternatives

LightBulb is described as 'Background application that adjusts screen gamma, making the colors appear warmer at night, reducing strain on your eyes' and is a very popular color temperature tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to LightBulb for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Wayland apps. The best LightBulb alternative is f.lux, which is free. Other great apps like LightBulb are Redshift, Solace, Red Moon and Iris mini.

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  1. K

    Kumux

     3 likes

    Kumux is a dynamic circadian color scheme for code editors and other software. It adjust color temperature, color hues, contrast and brightness levels throughout the day based on the position of the sun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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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

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Shades Chrome to a soothing orange color to decrease eye-strain, eye fatigue and to appease your brain's day/night cycle.
     
  4. Lux Auto Brightness icon

    Lux Auto Brightness

     4 likes

    Lux Automatically Adjusts Your Screen Brightness.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    Iris mini

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  6. myPoint Shade icon

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    myPoint supports both Common shade for all screens and Per screen shade.
     
  7. Gamma Dimmer icon

    Gamma Dimmer

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    Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Gamma Dimmer screenshot 1
     
  8. DimScreen icon

    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

    58 DimScreen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DimScreen screenshot 1
     
  10. Nocturne icon

    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Nocturne screenshot 1
     
  11. sunsetr icon

    sunsetr

     1 like

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    sunsetr screenshot 1
     
  12. NegativeScreen icon

    NegativeScreen

     12 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Simple Inversion
     
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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
     
  14. S

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  15. P

    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PC Sun Screen screenshot 1
     
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