MonitorControl
🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs. (by MonitorControl)
BetterDummy
Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! [Moved to: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay] (by waydabber)
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| MonitorControl | BetterDummy | |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | 121 | |
| 26,066 | 4,920 | |
| 2.7% | - | |
| 7.0 | 9.5 | |
| 2 months ago | almost 2 years ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
MonitorControl
Posts with mentions or reviews of MonitorControl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-27.
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18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes
I use "Monitor Control" on my Mac Studio to control the brightness of my Dell monitor:
https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
- Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem
- Best MacOS Compatible Monitor
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Mac Studio M2 and 8k screen
Just wanted to put in a plug for the MonitorControl app. I just installed it, and it enables brightness control for the QN700B from Apple's keyboard. So great not to have to pull up any Samsung menus to adjust it.
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Is It “Safe” to Purchase a Studio Display Right Now?
Let me introduce you to Monitor Control:https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
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[50% OFF] Lunar Pro summer discount
Good free alternative is MonitorControl. Pretty sure it does everything Lunar does but is open-sourced.
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Cannot connect 2 external monitors to my MacBook Air 15''?
You can with monitor control app
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My 2023 Desktop Setup ft. an overly complicated diagram
I'm glad you asked! I control the volume of them thru the monitor using the back/forward buttons on my mx master 3 mouse via the MonitorControl app, it's great!
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Adjust brightness and volume on a LG Ultrawide 38wp85c
Installed https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl and worked like a charm, big thanks!
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MacMini keeps adjusting Saturation / Brightness...
As a fellow Mac + OLED TV owner, I think you'll appreciate these too. MonitorControl to access brightness settings through your keyboard and Hazeover to darken background and prevent burn-in.
BetterDummy
Posts with mentions or reviews of BetterDummy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-18.
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whiles exploring immersed, I had a difficult time with keyboard ans hands location, so using a webcam pointed to them in a screen solved the problem :)
BetterDummy lets you create the virtual screens on the computer https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
- E Ink (Boox Mira, Mudita Pure) Reviews and Tips
- How to make macOS look better on 3440x1440p external monitor with M1 Air?
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Immersed VR app - creating virtual monitor vs using headless ghost dongle
If your on a Mac you can use this software instead of hardware dongles with much higher resolutions https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
- Your screen is being observed. This appears on lock screen. Seeing it for the first time. What does it mean?
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Alternative to Lunar/Vivid for XDR Brightness?
BetterTouchTool has a SuperBrightness action in the newest beta which works on the same principle as Vivid, while BetterDummy added an XDR slider that works on the same principle as Lunar.
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Apple Intentionally Disabled HiDPI on M1 Macs to Push 4K Monitors Sales
I've had great results with BetterDummy[0] for my M1 make with a non-4K external monitor.
It's free and open source with an optional Pro version. I've been using it longer than the Pro version has been around, so I'm not familiar with what advantages it may have over the free version.
[0] https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
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KVM for lab macs
You might want to try BetterDummy to add a virtual display to the Mac if there is not a physical one already connected. Might solve the black screen issue.
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Mac Mini M1 with external monitors - text sharpness issues?
I'm currently on MontereyI use this https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy and create a dummy to emulate higher res display
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After 2 and a half hours, I finally managed to get MacOS to recognise my LG Ultrawide as a HiDPI display. Thank you to the developer of OneKeyHiDPI for letting me have properly sized UI elements and scaled text at native 4K resolution!
better dummy, just download it
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MonitorControl and BetterDummy you can also consider the following projects:
Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors
one-key-hidpi - Enable macOS HiDPI and have a native setting.
BetterDisplay - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
FluffyDisplay - FluffyDisplay: Manage virtual displays on your Mac
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
A-Guide-to-MacOS-Scaled-Resolutions - A guide to adding scaled resolutions in MacOS without losing pixel density.
display-switch - Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch
deskreen - Deskreen turns any device with a web browser into a secondary screen for your computer. ⭐️ Star to support our work!
eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
MonitorControl vs Lunar
BetterDummy vs one-key-hidpi
MonitorControl vs BetterDisplay
BetterDummy vs FluffyDisplay
MonitorControl vs yabai
BetterDummy vs RDM
MonitorControl vs RDM
BetterDummy vs A-Guide-to-MacOS-Scaled-Resolutions
MonitorControl vs display-switch
BetterDummy vs deskreen
MonitorControl vs eul
BetterDummy vs Lunar