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 typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
United States
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Vivid Alternatives
Apps similar to Vivid include f.lux, which is free. Other options are Twinkle Tray, Solace, Dimly and Monitorian. You're spoiled for choice with Screen Dimmers like Vivid: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.
Alternatives list
- 61 f.lux alternatives
36 Twinkle Tray alternativesTwinkle Tray 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Automatically changes Mac appearance using real-time weather, sunlight, and time data for light and dark modes, dynamic wallpapers, and color temperature, with on-device privacy, menu bar access, no subscriptions, and no analytics for seamless daily comfort.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
United Kingdom
+1
17 Dimly alternativesOpen-source macOS menu utility for unified brightness, blackout, and sleep control of external monitors, using hybrid DDC/CI and software overlays, per-display settings, custom profiles, hotkeys, panic shortcut, privacy by design, and secure signed builds.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Ireland
EU
31 Monitorian alternativesMonitorian is a Windows desktop tool to adjust the brightness of multiple monitors with ease.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Japan
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Portugal- EU
14 ModernFlyouts alternativesThis application aims to provide a Fluent Design System based replacement for the old, built-in, Metro Design based Audio/Airplane mode/Brightness flyouts present in Windows (which haven't been updated since Windows 8 LOL) which are shown while pressing the media or volume...
Platforms
- Windows
+5
61 PangoBright alternativesScreen dimming software that allows you to control the brightness of your screens as well as external monitors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
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
M
38 Brightintosh alternativesBrightIntosh is lightweight, works system-wide, has optional launch-at-login functionality and includes a global hotkey to toggle the extra brightness.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Windows implementation of the ddcutil Linux program for querying and changing monitor settings, such as brightness and color levels.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
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- Linux
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