RazerGenie VS alienfx

well there's Razer genie if you happen to run a superior operating system like Arch linux or something...

openrazer: https://openrazer.github.io/ (also has list of supported devices) razergenie: https://github.com/z3ntu/RazerGenie

Also I tried RazerGenie and razerCommander.

If you have multi-button mouse, I recommend Piper or input-remapper. Again, I have had issues using them on Wayland, but they are otherwise pretty good softwares. There is also RazerGenie / RazerCommander if you use their stuff.

For your Razer peripherals there is a project called openrazer. For a graphical way to manage it you could install something like RazerGenie or Polychromatic

razergenie https://github.com/z3ntu/RazerGenie

Hey. I recently installed pop on an alienware laptop and forgot to change the key lights before I obliterated windows. As a result of this - if the computer is on, the keyboard lights are on, and they shine a beautiful bright blue hue. I'd like to either make that a dim red or be able to turn it on and off. I tried alienfx for linux but it did not work for me. I looked through a few alternatives and it looks like they all operate in a similar way. It looks like I want to use python or c (probably python for something like this) and send codes like these to something. I'm not super familiar with this area of hardware/programming. I have no problem slowly going through these different tools and eventually figuring it out, but if there is an up to date / modern alternative to alienfx or some easy way to do what I have described, I'd love to save some time and frustration.

I had success with alienfx. Check if your device is supported here https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx/blob/master/docs/Knowledgebase/Devicelist.md

Linux users need to have Windows installed just to tweak a fan setting or a keyboard lighting (You might be lucky if your system is supported by this but damn it give Linux users some support too)