light
GNU/Linux application to control backlights (by haikarainen)
bpytop
Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor (by aristocratos)
| light | bpytop | |
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| 33 | 74 | |
| 1,212 | 9,861 | |
| - | - | |
| 1.7 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 year ago | 2 months ago | |
| C | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
light
Posts with mentions or reviews of light.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-29.
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xf86 bind help
I'm using wayland/hyprland and using light from https://github.com/haikarainen/light to control the lighting.
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hello..is there anyone here who can help me overcome hyprland where I can't adjust the screen brightness via the keyboard keys
Try light. The repo's been archived, but still works as of today.
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how to make a script write to a permission dienied file?
Copy code sudo apt install light For Fedora-based systems, you might have to build and install it from the source. You can find the instructions on the official GitHub page: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
- External monitor brightness control
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(Mako) Bar notification of brightness and volume.
For brightness, I use [light](https://github.com/haikarainen/light) and these key binds:
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Disable a laptop LED
I found this which seems helpful although I don't have enough experience with writing Linux modules https://github.com/haikarainen/light/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md
- How do I change my brightness when using a window manager?
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How to enable torch from terminal?
I don't know what is torch in this case but controlling leds can be done with a tool called light: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
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sxhkd and toggle light (no toggle option)
I am trying to make my Thinkpad's keyboard led's to work with the keybinds in dwm. I am using this program to control the led: https://github.com/haikarainen/light It works when using manually, but the set command requires number '100' to turn led on and number '0' to switch it off.
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[X230] Already done 1vyrain, can I just reflash it ?
My Fn keys are bound to light, so I can't say for sure it would work in all environments.
bpytop
Posts with mentions or reviews of bpytop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-03.
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Free Tech Tools and Resources - Resource Monitor, Prompt Generator, Security Training & More
Bpytop is a resource monitoring tool designed for Linux, OSX, and FreeBSD systems. Offers a convenient window on CPU usage, memory consumption, disk and network activity, and running processes. Kindly suggested by PalmPilot_IIIx.
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Are there an alternative to htop that lets me see the total resource usage per app?
https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop https://github.com/aristocratos/btop
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Top Productivity CLI Tools I Use on Linux
Bpytop is a powerful and visually appealing resource monitor for the command-line interface. You can find the bpytop project on GitHub. The repository provides detailed information about bpytop, including installation instructions, usage examples, and documentation.
- FLaNK Stack Weekly 3 April 2023
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For the sake of science - Benchmark results for Plex with Quadro P2000 - 4K
It’s Bpytop
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Let's Destroy a Linux System
Monitor system resources usage: This can be done by using a tool top, ps, htop or bpytop. These tools let you introspect the processes running on a Linux system and the resources they're consuming.
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Cleaned up the rack.. A lot used to be on top of it..
htop is powerful, but considered old-school, the cool kids use glances, netdata or bpytop now.
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BPYTOP - a fun HTOP alternative :-)
Check out btop. It’s a rewrite of bpytop in C++. Both are from the same author. FYI, bpytop is also a rewrite of bashtop in python.
- TIL: You can view CPU frequency and temperature in htop
- after a lot of trouble is finally working with everything I need, and this is also my first rice (bspwm & polybar)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing light and bpytop you can also consider the following projects:
brightnessctl - A program to read and control device brightness
btop - A monitor of resources
acpilight
bashtop - Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor
Clight - A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor. It will adjust screen backlight based on ambient brightness.
htop - htop - an interactive process viewer
Clightd - A linux bus interface that lets you change screen brightness, compute captured webcam frames brightness and change screen temperature.
glances - Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems.
Brightness - Using Brightness Controller, you can control brightness of both primary and external displays in Linux. Check it out!
gotop - A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop
feh - a fast and light image viewer
awesome-alternatives-in-rust - A curated list of replacements for existing software written in Rust