viewfinder vs CameraController

viewfinder

📷 A convenient webcam controller and preview for your menu bar. (by lfroms)

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CameraController

📷 Control USB Cameras from an app (by Itaybre)

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viewfinder		CameraController
	Project
1	Mentions	16
44	Stars	1,270
-	Growth	-
5.3	Activity	6.9
5 months ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Swift	Language	Swift
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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viewfinder

Posts with mentions or reviews of viewfinder. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Show HN: Viewfinder, an app to manage your webcam's settings from the menu bar
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Mar 2022

CameraController

Posts with mentions or reviews of CameraController. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-19.

How to control UVC Camera settings in macos?
2 projects | /r/mac | 19 Jun 2023

Try this instead: https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController
Samsung m8 webcam settings
1 project | /r/mac | 17 May 2023
UVC driver support for Logitech webcams on macOS
1 project | /r/mac | 28 Apr 2023

If you just want to adjust the brightness/color, try CameraController (it’s free and runs natively on M1 Macs): https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController
[Logitech] Captura M1 Mac y Logi
1 project | /r/enespanol | 25 Apr 2023
[Logitech] M1 Macs und Logi Capture
1 project | /r/aufdeutsch | 19 Apr 2023
[Logitech] Mac M1 et Logi Capture
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 29 Mar 2023
Video recording Question
1 project | /r/macbook | 23 Oct 2022

Try CameraController: https://github.com/Itaybre/CameraController
Samsung M8 Webcam Settings?
1 project | /r/mac | 24 Jun 2022

CameraController
Why Webcams Aren't Good Enough
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jun 2022
free webcam settings software for mac
1 project | /r/MacOS | 4 Apr 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing viewfinder and CameraController you can also consider the following projects:

functions - An intuitive macOS calculator for your menu bar

AOperation - A Wrapper on NSOperation, which Makes using of NSOperation More Efficient

macOS-DAL-Webcam-Workaround - Instructions for how to enable DAL (Device Abstraction Layer) plugin support on macOS devices (Catalina and later).

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.

uvc-util - USB Video Class (UVC) control management utility for Mac OS X

PreviewDevice - PreviewDevice - is a library with type-safe syntax sugar for preview device on SwiftUI. Preview for UIKit and Cocoa.

privacy-manifest - A simple tool that parses your Xcode project/workspace or Swift Package, detects required reason APIs and generates a Privacy Manifest if needed.