polychromatic
RGB lighting management software for GNU/Linux. Powered by OpenRazer. (by polychromatic)
ckb-next
RGB Driver for Linux (by ckb-next)
polychromatic | ckb-next | |
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27 | 65 | |
994 | 3,124 | |
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8.4 | 6.3 | |
1 day ago | 6 days ago | |
Python | C++ | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | 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.
polychromatic
Posts with mentions or reviews of polychromatic.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-29.
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Open razer
For openrazer to function easily, you need additional software. I’ve used Polychromatic.
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Problem Installing OpenRazer; bookwork Release Issue
I'm trying to install OpenRazer to utilize Polychromatic and come into a problem that says:
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Trying to update a package to contribute, error with common.py?
{ lib , fetchFromGitHub , bash , glib , gdk-pixbuf , gettext , imagemagick , ninja , meson , sassc , python3Packages , gobject-introspection , wrapGAppsHook , libappindicator-gtk3 , libxcb , qt5 , ibus , usbutils }: python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec { name = "polychromatic"; version = "0.8.0"; format = "other"; src = fetchFromGitHub { owner = "polychromatic"; repo = "polychromatic"; rev = "v${version}"; #sha256 = "sha256-H++kQ3Fxw56avEsSE1ctu5p0s50s0eQ+jL5zXS3AA94="; sha256 = "sha256-ym2pcGUWM5zCUx/lYs+WECj+wbyBtWnx04W/NRXNKlw="; }; postPatch = '' patchShebangs scripts substituteInPlace scripts/build-styles.sh \ --replace '$(which sassc 2>/dev/null)' '${sassc}/bin/sassc' \ --replace '$(which sass 2>/dev/null)' '${sassc}/bin/sass' substituteInPlace pylib/common.py \ --replace "/usr/share/polychromatic" "$out/share/polychromatic" ''; preConfigure = '' scripts/build-styles.sh ''; propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ colorama colour openrazer pyqt5 pyqtwebengine requests setproctitle libxcb openrazer-daemon libappindicator-gtk3 ibus usbutils ]; nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ gettext gobject-introspection meson ninja sassc wrapGAppsHook qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ]; dontWrapGapps = true; dontWrapQtApps = true; makeWrapperArgs = [ "\${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" "\${qtWrapperArgs[@]}" ]; meta = with lib; { homepage = "https://polychromatic.app/"; description = "Graphical front-end and tray applet for configuring Razer peripherals on GNU/Linux."; longDescription = '' Polychromatic is a frontend for OpenRazer that enables Razer devices to control lighting effects and more on GNU/Linux. ''; license = licenses.gpl3; platforms = platforms.linux; maintainers = with maintainers; [ evanjs ]; }; }
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I am a high DPI user. Is it possible to adjust the Pointer Speed in mouse settings to between first and second level? Or even by command, is that possible?
Install frontend : https://polychromatic.app
- Need some answers regarding grub and booting in general to switch to Linux and not fuck it up
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Hardware Brand
I've tried multiple different brands of keyboards and mice and all of them worked well with Linux, often even if Linux wasn't advertised on the box (I wouldn't bet on that though). More well known brands have better support e.g. Razer has OpenRazer and Polychromatic
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Razer blackwidow keyboard backlights
I re-installed open-razer on Ubuntu and also installed Polychromatic.
- OpenRazer/Polychromatic need to be restarted after boot/reboot to work after last Fedora 36 update
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While not everyone likes Razer, we all have the F key
The irony is that razer has some of the best software as long as you are not using windows. The community maintained openrazer drivers on Linux work great. https://polychromatic.app/
- Is there any software like this for Windows? Is there anyway to run it on Windows?
ckb-next
Posts with mentions or reviews of ckb-next.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-18.
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Corsair requires the installation of iCue (1.1GB) in order to keep their keyboards running correctly.
EDIT: Realized that one is unmaintainted, so here’s a maintained one: https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next
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I haven't been fully indoctrinated yet, as my room still receives sunlight
There is unofficial software written for Linux to interact with the corsair keyboards, like the k95. https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next
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Why Use Linux?
You can control corsair keyboard rgb with https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next. Works fine on my ancient strafe keyboard and the assorted corsair mice I've used.
- Alternatives for icue?
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My RAM light permanently not working now after running OpenRGB for 3 days on new PC Build
not sure. i use ckb-next which is for linux and only supports corsair devices as i have corsair ram and peripherals. i never really had any luck with openrgb tbh
- GTFO you over-bloated Christmas tree blinking light manager
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Gaming mouse software in kubuntu?
ckb-next is for Corsair devices, and mostly is for RGB, but does offer mouse button configuration. I use this one with my M65 Elite as it also configures DPI level settings and other items, as well as per-led lighting.
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Windows 11 Slapping a Watermark on 'Unsupported' PCs
Welcome to open source. Can I interest you in https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next ?
- corsair harpoon rgb pro
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Is iCue the worst program or am I doing something wrong?
If you're on linux https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next is really good
What are some alternatives?
When comparing polychromatic and ckb-next you can also consider the following projects:
RazerGenie - Qt application for configuring your Razer devices under GNU/Linux.
OpenRGB
openrazer - Open source driver and user-space daemon to control Razer lighting and other features on GNU/Linux
piper - GTK application to configure gaming devices
pop - A project for managing all Pop!_OS sources
razerCommander
razer-macos - Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer.
qmk_configurator - The QMK Configurator
openrgb.nvim - Bring RGB to life in Neovim
easyeffects - Limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications
polychromatic vs RazerGenie
ckb-next vs OpenRGB
polychromatic vs openrazer
ckb-next vs piper
polychromatic vs OpenRGB
ckb-next vs pop
polychromatic vs razerCommander
ckb-next vs RazerGenie
polychromatic vs razer-macos
ckb-next vs qmk_configurator
polychromatic vs openrgb.nvim
ckb-next vs easyeffects