light
GNU/Linux application to control backlights (by haikarainen)
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager (by jarun)
| light | nnn | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 200 | |
| 1,212 | 18,203 | |
| - | - | |
| 1.7 | 8.1 | |
| about 1 year ago | 5 days ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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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 The repo's been archived, but still works as of today.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.
nnn
Posts with mentions or reviews of nnn.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
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Directory navigation on Helix
If you want a file full browser experience choose nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn . If you have a desktop file for Helix you can use the Gnome Files program to make all your programming language files open in Helix.
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Help compiling a package with a compiler flag from an official Debian source
The other option is to just download the static version https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/download/v4.9/nnn-nerd-static-4.9.x86_64.tar.gz and overwrite the Debian executable at /usr/bin/nnn, but this seems a bit hacky, agreed?
- Antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
- Ytree; a Unix Filemanager
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How do I change default image and video interpreter program through environment variables for nnn file manager ? (Asking herre bc r/linuxquestions doesnt allow posts)
You can get the 'default' nuke plugin script from https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/master/plugins/nuke and customize it if you need to. You define files by extension or mime type and set default and fallback apps to be opened with.
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What are the best open source tools to easily navigate directories from the command line?
I like nnn ( n3 ).
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Can't figure out how to change icon theme in nnn
The icon-theme seems to be driven by your terminal font as detailed in `src/icons-in-terminal.h & icons.h, and the choice of "terminal-icon vs nerd-fonts vs emoji" appear to be hard-wired at compile-time rather than at run-time.
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
nnn
- [Command Line] Quel gestionnaire de fichiers préférez-vous dans la CLI?
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nnn file manager with icons
git clone https://github.com/jarun/nnn cd nnn make O_NERD=1
What are some alternatives?
When comparing light and nnn you can also consider the following projects:
brightnessctl - A program to read and control device brightness
ranger - A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
acpilight
lf - Terminal file manager
Clight - A C daemon that turns your webcam into a light sensor. It will adjust screen backlight based on ambient brightness.
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
Clightd - A linux bus interface that lets you change screen brightness, compute captured webcam frames brightness and change screen temperature.
fff - 📁 A simple file manager written in bash.
Brightness - Using Brightness Controller, you can control brightness of both primary and external displays in Linux. Check it out!
xplr - A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer
feh - a fast and light image viewer
mc - Midnight Commander's repository