this app puts a Monitor Brightness icon to on Taskbar Tray. So you can access it with 1 click.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows


Twinkle Tray is described as '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' and is a Screen Dimmer in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Twinkle Tray for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, openSUSE and Python apps. The best Twinkle Tray alternative is Monitorian, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Twinkle Tray are MonitorControl, Lunar, Brightintosh and BetterDisplay.
this app puts a Monitor Brightness icon to on Taskbar Tray. So you can access it with 1 click.


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