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24 alternatives to Curtains

Automate night shift and keyboard backlight for movies

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Curtains launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
nightlight▲82
A CLI for "Night Shift" on macOS 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Shifty▲165
More control over macOS Night Shift
2017 · shifty.natethompson.io · its alternatives →
3
NightOwl▲320
Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.
2019 · nightowlapp.co · its alternatives →
4
Nocturnal▲90
Have more control over your screen at night 🌙
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Menubar Auto Brightness▲100
Auto adjust brightness when switching apps for Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
One Switch▲218
All your mac toggles in one place
2019 · fireball.studio · its alternatives →
7
Solace▲171
macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
8
Day Night for macOS▲187
A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.
2019 · its alternatives →
9
Ajar▲91
Lid Angle Sync & Keep Awake for AI Agents on Mac
May 2026 · parcse.com · its alternatives →
10
Unclack for macOS▲240
Automatically mute your keyboard while typing
2021 · unclack.app · its alternatives →
11
Glowix▲83
Keep your Mac display awake exactly when you need it
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
Shift▲126
A Desktop MacOS AI app that edits text and code on the spot
2025 · shiftappai.com · its alternatives →
13
Rest Now - Screen Break Timer▲87
Open source screen break timer for macOS
Jan 2026 · restnow.xyz · its alternatives →
14
Shift Keyboard▲74
A keyboard for your Apple Watch
2019 · its alternatives →
15
NightScreen Mode▲105
An amber filter + dark mode to use Chrome without eye strain
2025 · nightscreenmode.app · its alternatives →
16
Fader▲90
Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically
Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →
17
Agents Never Sleep▲90
Got tired of reaching for the terminal to caffeinate my mac and tweaking system settings Now got a new friend in my menubar Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · agentsneversleep.app · its alternatives →
18
AutoMute▲99
Silence your Mac automatically in class or at the office
2015 · lorenzo45.github.io · its alternatives →
19
Mouse Jiggler for Mac▲139
Prevent your Mac from sleeping
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
Lunar 5▲142
Control every aspect of your external monitors
2022 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
21
Smart Brightness for Dark Mode▲80
Don't let white pages hurt your eyes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Sleepr▲90
Sleep timer is back on macOS
2023 · sleepr.app · its alternatives →
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Dark Switch▲76
Switch MacOS dark mode in one click
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Ghosted▲98
Pause media or lock your screen when you step away
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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