i3-kb-backlight
Keyboard backlight control and notifications for i3wm (by hastinbe)
macbook-lighter
Macbook screen and keyboard backlight on the ambient light (by harttle)
| i3-kb-backlight | macbook-lighter | |
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| 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 35 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| almost 3 years ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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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.
i3-kb-backlight
Posts with mentions or reviews of i3-kb-backlight.
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Brightness Widget/Applet for tiling WM
I've previously used dunst to replicate the MacOS display that happens while adjusting stuff. There's also this: https://github.com/hastinbe/i3-kb-backlight.
macbook-lighter
Posts with mentions or reviews of macbook-lighter.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-09.
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Is there anyway I can get a macbook pro 9,2 ambient light sensor working in ubuntu 20.10
Here are two suggestions from the Arch Wiki, try Clight or macbook-lighter. Clight looks to be continuously maintained, so I'd try that one first.
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How do I install proper drivers for macbook-lighter to work?
The link to the github page: https://github.com/harttle/macbook-lighter
What are some alternatives?
When comparing i3-kb-backlight and macbook-lighter you can also consider the following projects:
runit-services - Runit service scripts
mbp-fedora
T2-Ubuntu - Ubuntu for T2 Macs
mbp-2016-linux - State of Linux on the MacBook Pro 2016 & 2017
sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere
Direwolf-Arch-Rice - 🐺🍚 A guide to replicating my riced Arch Linux set-up.
Clight - A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor. It will adjust screen backlight based on ambient brightness.
betterlockscreen - 🍀 sweet looking lockscreen for linux system [Moved to: https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen]
polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.
i3-kb-backlight vs runit-services
macbook-lighter vs mbp-fedora
i3-kb-backlight vs T2-Ubuntu
macbook-lighter vs mbp-2016-linux
i3-kb-backlight vs sway-launcher-desktop
macbook-lighter vs runit-services
i3-kb-backlight vs Direwolf-Arch-Rice
macbook-lighter vs Clight
i3-kb-backlight vs betterlockscreen
macbook-lighter vs polybar-themes