brillo vs pacwatch

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A pacman wrapper which helps you watch important package updates. (by ouuan)

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brillo		pacwatch
	Project
3	Mentions	3
-	Stars	25
-	Growth	-
-	Activity	5.7
-	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
	Language	Python
-	License	Apache License 2.0

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brillo

Posts with mentions or reviews of brillo. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-13.

Brightness screen keys doesnt work on laptop
2 projects | /r/suckless | 13 Oct 2022

so first install brillo from AUR or from the gitlab source , also you can look at the reference XF86KeySymfrom references , then in your config.h file add this line ```
ELI5 Intel Graphic drivers
2 projects | /r/archlinux | 6 May 2021

In both of those cases, however, there already solutions like picom (to remove tearing) and brillo (to adjust brightness), so I don't really see the point in using vendor-specific DDX drivers nowadays, other than perhaps performance (?).
What is a program that you use that's uncommon but essential for you?
26 projects | /r/archlinux | 4 May 2021

I've replaced systemd-backlight with a brillo wrapper script, because I miss the smooth backlight restore from Windows.

pacwatch

Posts with mentions or reviews of pacwatch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-05.

Yay or Paru!!??
12 projects | /r/archlinux | 5 Jan 2022

I type yay in the terminal to use pacwatch which invokes paru.
What is a program that you use that's uncommon but essential for you?
26 projects | /r/archlinux | 4 May 2021

I want to be aware of important package updates but don't want to read the whole update list, so https://github.com/ouuan/pacwatch.
Show HN: Highlight package updates for Arch Linux
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Feb 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing brillo and pacwatch you can also consider the following projects:

dollar - Execute commands when copying the $

cdhist - Linux shell cd history.

tdrop - A Glorified WM-Independent Dropdown Creator

buku - :bookmark: Personal mini-web in text

nvidia-all - Nvidia driver latest to 396 series AIO installer

frece - Maintain a database sorted by frecency (frequency + recency)

z - z - jump around

pikaur - AUR helper with minimal dependencies. Review PKGBUILDs all in once, next build them all without user interaction.

ueberzug - ueberzug is a command line util which allows to display images in combination with X11. The user is expected to have knowledge of theoretical computer science. https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/wiki/Troubleshooting/119e30f331799b30fb9594db29740685cb09425b

trizen - Lightweight AUR Package Manager

kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

snap-pac - Pacman hooks that use snapper to create pre/post btrfs snapshots like openSUSE's YaST