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24 alternatives to f.lux

Makes your computer's display adapt to the time of day

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. f.lux launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   f.lux▲1,353

   Adjusts your computer's display to adapt to the time of day

   2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   f.lux▲72

   color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day

   2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   f.lux for iOS▲596

   Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day

   2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Luxafor▲87

   The LED status light and productivity tool

   2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Lumen▲185

   Magic auto brightness based on screen contents

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lunar 5▲142

   Control every aspect of your external monitors

   2022 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Twilight▲58

   Makes your device screen adapt to the sun cycle

   2014 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Brilliance▲260

   f.lux for Philips Hue bulbs

   2016 · brilliance.site · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lunar▲9

   Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display

   2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LIFX 2.0▲92

    Cloud-configured LED lighting

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Lunar Lite▲148

    Brightness sliders for all your displays

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    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 →

13. 13
    Lunar 4▲170

    Control all your monitors, even on M1

    2021 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Luxafor▲88

    Stick this light to your workplace to indicate availability

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Light Clock▲73

    A more beautiful way to tell the time

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    FlexBright▲81

    Change brightness by time of day

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lunar 2.0▲142

    Sync your monitor's brightness with your in-built display 🖥💡

    2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hourglass▲211

    Dynamic Mac desktop

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Vivid 2.0▲123

    Double your MacBook Pro brightness, system-wide

    2022 · getvivid.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Bauhaus Clock▲207

    Elegant timepiece screensaver for macOS

    2025 · bauhausclock.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shady for Mac▲94

    Pull a virtual shade over your screen, rest your eyes

    2015 · google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LumosMaxima▲83

    Boost your MacBook Pro's screen brightness

    2024 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Black Light Pro▲88

    Color effects on a schedule

    2018 · michelf.ca · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Lunar▲10

    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display

    2020 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →