Twinkle Tray enables brightness control on external displays in Windows 10 & 11. Even th Windows is capable of adjusting the backlight on most monitors, it doesn't support external monitors natively.
United States
Monitorian AlternativesScreen Dimmers and other similar apps like Monitorian
Monitorian is described as 'Windows desktop tool to adjust the brightness of multiple monitors with ease' and is a Screen Dimmer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Monitorian for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, openSUSE and Python apps. The best Monitorian alternative is Twinkle Tray, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monitorian are Solace, MonitorControl, Dimmer and winddcutil.
Alternatives list
29 Twinkle Tray alternatives
Automatically changes Mac appearance using real-time weather, sunlight, and time data for light and dark modes, dynamic wallpapers, and color temperature, with on-device privacy, menu bar access, no subscriptions, and no analytics for seamless daily comfort.
+1
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
+2
Windows implementation of the ddcutil Linux program for querying and changing monitor settings, such as brightness and color levels.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
W
55 PangoBright alternativesScreen dimming software that allows you to control the brightness of your screens as well as external monitors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
D
35 Brightintosh alternativesBrightIntosh is lightweight, works system-wide, has optional launch-at-login functionality and includes a global hotkey to toggle the extra brightness.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
19 DisplayBuddy alternativesDisplayBuddy lets you control external displays connected to your Mac right from your menu bar! No need to touch your clunky monitor buttons!
+4
20 DDCcontrol alternativesDDCcontrol 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 (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- openSUSE
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
- Debian
34 Vivid alternativesVivid is a software that enables users to amplify the brightness of their MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR, system-wide, utilizing standard Apple APIs.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
United Kingdom
Portugal
EU
Romania
