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24 alternatives to Lunar XDR Brightness control
Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
Lunar XDR is a brightness control tool launched in March 2022. It manages display brightness across Mac systems, designed for users who need precise control over screen lighting levels. The software offers XDR… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lunar XDR Brightness control launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Lunar 2.0▲142Sync your monitor's brightness with your in-built display 🖥💡
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲9Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2018 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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f.lux▲1,353Adjusts your computer's display to adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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MonitorControl▲103🖥 Control external monitor brightness & volume on your Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲10Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2020 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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Lunar▲6Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display
2019 · lunar.fyi · its alternatives →
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f.lux for iOS▲596Auto adjust your iOS display based on the time of day
2015 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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Vivid 2.0▲123Double your MacBook Pro brightness, system-wide
2022 · getvivid.app · its alternatives →
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Luna Display▲343Hardware that turns the iPad into a wireless second display
2018 · shop.astropad.com · its alternatives →
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Auto adjust brightness when switching apps for Mac
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Luna Display 4.0▲203Luna Display now turns any Mac into an extra display
2019 · astropad.com · its alternatives →
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Automate your screen comfort with custom brightness website
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Solace▲171macOS 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 →
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Don't let white pages hurt your eyes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Solis▲3Unlock your MacBook Pro's full 1600-nit brightness
Jun 2026 · heysolis.com · its alternatives →
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I have always wanted cool features in Linux because I use it day to day as my OS. I have always wanted to implement this feature and do it properly: one that automatically adjusts keyboard and LCD backlights using data from the Ambient Light Sensor. I enjoy low-level programming a lot. I delved into writing this program in C. It came out well and worked seamlessly on my device. Currently, it only works for keyboard lights. I designed it in a way that the support for LCD will come in seamlessly in the future. But, in the real world, people have different kinds of devices. And I made sure to…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NightTone▲121Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Take Command of Your External Displays with ScreenCommander
2025 · screencommander.hvats.in · its alternatives →
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