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24 alternatives to f.lux

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

f.lux automatically adjusts a computer's display color based on the time of day, showing warm tones at night and daylight-like colors during the day. It runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac as a menu bar application. The… 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.

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f.lux for iOS▲596
Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day
2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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f.lux▲72
color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
3
f.lux▲10
Makes your computer's display adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
4
Brilliance▲260
f.lux for Philips Hue bulbs
2016 · brilliance.site · its alternatives →
5
Black Light Pro▲88
Color effects on a schedule
2018 · michelf.ca · its alternatives →
6
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 →
7
Lunar Lite▲148
Brightness sliders for all your displays
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Lunar XDR Brightness control▲124
Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
2022 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar 5▲142
Control every aspect of your external monitors
2022 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar 4▲170
Control all your monitors, even on M1
2021 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
11
Dark Reader▲299
Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
12
MorningLux▲118
Unlock better days with morning light.
2025 · its alternatives →
13
Night Viewer▲93
Enable dark mode for View Page Source (Chrome/Firefox/Edge)
2020 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →
14
Adjust page brightness ▲117
Automate your screen comfort with custom brightness website
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
15
Lumen▲185
Magic auto brightness based on screen contents
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Lunar 2.0▲142
Sync your monitor's brightness with your in-built display 🖥💡
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
17
Midnight Lizard▲124
Clever night mode for all websites
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
18
NightScreen Mode▲105
An amber filter + dark mode to use Chrome without eye strain
2025 · nightscreenmode.app · its alternatives →
19
Lunar▲9
Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
20
NightTone▲121
Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Darkness▲269
Dark themes for Google, Facebook and more
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
22
Hourglass▲211
Dynamic Mac desktop
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
GoldenHour App▲149
Screen-based lighting for video calls
2020 · goldenhourapp.com · its alternatives →
24
Palette For Mac▲205
A menu bar based colour contrast analyser
2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

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