Software that makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux




There are many alternatives to Redshift for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is f.lux, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Redshift and 17 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Redshift are RedshiftGUI, Iris, Iris mini and QRedshift.
Software that makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.




RedshiftGUI changes the color temperature of your monitor to better match that of your surrounding. This means that it sets a cooler color temperature during the daytime (due to natural lighting) and sets a warmer temperature at night (due to indoor lighting). Similar to f.



Reduces blue light and flicker for eye comfort, supports auto color temperature adjustment based on time, customizable modes, overlays, color and font options, docking station support, and accessible part-screen filtering for diverse needs.


Enjoy free cross-platform blue light reduction and PWM flicker-free brightness control with Iris mini. Minimalistic design, portable, and automatic for no-hassle, eyestrain-relief across all devices. Simply double-click to activate, perfect for every lighting condition.



It makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.


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.
Small GTK GUI application to set contrast, brightness and gamma for wayland compositors which support the wlr-gamma-control protocol extension. Basically this is the example from here: https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots/blob/master/examples/gamma-control.

f.lux is fantastic! I've been using it for about a year now, and my eyes have never felt better. It's incredibly important to protect your eyesight when you're staring at a screen all day.