Twinkle Tray Alternatives

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   DimScreen

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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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United States

   

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   Gamma Dimmer

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   Dim any screen and keep color accuracy.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • Romania
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Romania
   • EU

   

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   Monitor Bright

    2 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Italy
   • EU

   

   

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   Solar Screen Brightness

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   Changes monitor brightness based on sunrise/sunset times.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   TSS EcoScreen

    1 like

   Adaptive per-monitor brightness manager for Windows that automatically dims inactive displays, with two-stage dimming, burn-in protection, break reminders, and energy usage statistics.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Candela

    2 likes

   A macOS menu bar app that protects your displays from OLED burn-in and wear: panel health history, a checkup for defects, and the everyday brightness, volume, and scaling controls macOS leaves out.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   darkbright-helper

    1 like

   darkbright-helper is a hotkey dimmer for Windows monitors that does not stop at 0%: it lowers the real backlight over DDC/CI, then keeps dimming with a black overlay below the hardware minimum.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Screen Dimmer

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Germany
   • EU

   

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    monitorcontrol (Python)

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    Python monitor control using the VESA Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS) over the Display Data Channel Command Interface Standard (DDC-CI).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

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    LiteBright

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    LiteBright is a lightweight native brightness controller for Windows 10 and 11. It lets you control brightness across multiple monitors from the system tray, adjust displays independently or together, and use global keyboard shortcuts for quick changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    JoyScreen

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    Focus view, extra brightness, ambient glow, and keep awake — all from your menu bar. JoyScreen transforms how you use your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Poland
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Poland
    • EU

    

    

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    AppRig

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    A local-first Windows tray app that bundles per-app volume, monitor brightness, sticky notes, time tracking and a dozen other tools in one place.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Time Tracking
    • Color Picker

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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    DispCtrl

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    Free, open-source display control for Windows 11: one brightness slider for every monitor (DDC/CI and laptop panels), night light, focus mode, keep awake, per-monitor taskbar hiding and glass, OLED care, your monitor's own settings, hotkeys and a CLI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • India

    

    

    

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