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.

PangoBright is described as 'Screen dimming software that allows you to control the brightness of your screens as well as external monitors' and is a color temperature tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PangoBright for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Wayland and Android apps. The best PangoBright alternative is Redshift, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PangoBright are Twinkle Tray, LightBulb, Dimmer and RedshiftGUI.
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.

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.
Night Screen is created for those people who spend a lot of time at night working.
Limit your exposure to energy-efficient lighting before bed. In addition to the LED screens in your electronics, energy-efficient lighting emits a lot of blue light.




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.

Shady puts a shade over your screen to help soothe your tired or dazzled eyes. You can use it to reduce your Mac's brightness far below the usual minimum, without any risk of damage to your screen.

Multiscreen Blank v2 is an easy-to-use utility that allows you to independently blank out or dim one or more monitors connected to your computer, as well as mirroring the contents of screens that are physically located in another room or turned off.


A Python program that calculates ambient brightness and sets screen's correct backlight using a camera.

Lumen - magic auto brightness based on screen contents. You control Lumen simply by using your brightness keys - it'll automatically learn your preferences.

Monitor Bright reduces with a simple trick the monitor brightness. Useful to use the PC at night without getting blind if the minimum brightness that can be obtained adjusting monitor settings is still too high if compared to ambience brightness. Supports multi monitor systems.


With cursor-based activation, keep your monitors off until you need them and protect your screens from burn-in and image retention.



