MonitorControl VS HWMonitorSMC2

Compare MonitorControl vs HWMonitorSMC2 and see what are their differences.

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)

HWMonitorSMC2

Application for monitoring hardware health in macOS (by CloverHackyColor)
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MonitorControl HWMonitorSMC2
191 5
26,066 232
2.7% 0.9%
7.0 3.1
2 months ago 8 months ago
Swift Swift
MIT License -
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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.

HWMonitorSMC2

Posts with mentions or reviews of HWMonitorSMC2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-25.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing MonitorControl and HWMonitorSMC2 you can also consider the following projects:

Lunar - Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors

stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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!

Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

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]

HoRNDIS - Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

eul - 🖥️ macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions