Shady Alternatives

Shady is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Shady for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Wayland apps. The best Shady alternative is f.lux, which is free. Other great apps like Shady are Redshift, LightBulb, Red Moon and RedshiftGUI.

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    Adjust the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors supporting wlr-gamma-control

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    Velis Auto Brightness is a pretty powerfully adjustable auto-brightness app for your android device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Velis Auto Brightness is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Shady.

    • Velis Auto Brightness is Freemium and ProprietaryShady is Free and Open Source
    • Velis Auto Brightness is CustomizableShady is not according to our users
  4. Iris icon
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    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.

    145 Iris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    gamma adjustments for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
     
  6. CF.lumen icon
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    CF.lumen - don't let your phone blind you! CF.lumen changes the colors of your Android device's display based on the position of the sun. With the default settings, your display will get a warmer tint (lower color temperature) when the sun is down, to look more like indoo.

    34 CF.lumen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. DimScreen icon
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    Form 1 Hour Software by skrommel, it can dim the screen by applying a transparent gray layer on top of your opened applications

    56 DimScreen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Desktop Dimmer icon
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    Enable darker-than-dark dimming for internal and external screens.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Kumux is the most popular SaaS alternative to Shady.

    • Kumux is Free and Open SourceShady is also Free and Open Source
  10. CareUEyes icon
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    CareUEyes is a very simple but useful program when it is about your eye care. The program comes with a very simple and clean interface and needs to technical knowledge. Even a novice computer user can download and use it easily.

    56 CareUEyes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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