Nightfall
A menu bar utility for toggling dark mode in macOS, written in Swift. (by r-thomson)
Karabiner-Elements
Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later. (by pqrs-org)
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| Nightfall | Karabiner-Elements | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 36 | |
| 459 | 17,889 | |
| - | 1.4% | |
| 5.7 | 9.7 | |
| about 2 months ago | 5 days ago | |
| Swift | C++ | |
| MIT License | The Unlicense |
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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.
Nightfall
Posts with mentions or reviews of Nightfall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-08.
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What is your most used Mac keyboard shortcuts? Both for specific apps/ in general ops.
Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+T - toggle dark mode (requires nightfall)
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Uninstall the NightOwl macOS app now
MacOS pulled it for me
Replaced it with NightFall
https://github.com/r-thomson/Nightfall
- Nightfall: A menu bar utility for toggling dark mode in macOS
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PSA: The "NightOwl" application was bought out and turned into a botnet in November 2022.
There's a free open source app Nightfall that works great for manual switching.
- New MacOS app
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Quick access to Dark Mode?
I use Nightfall, and I'm really happy with it (it allows configuring a shortcut as well)
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New macbook. What to download and customize?
Nightfall is super nice, thanks for sharing
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Finally Made the Switch to Mac after 15 years of using Windows. Tips and Suggestions are Welcome
If you want a quick and easy way to turn dark mode on: https://github.com/r-thomson/Nightfall
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Dark-mode button in the menu bar
Nightfall is a super neat feature to speed up the flow!
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Lifetime Windows User/Gamer switching to Mac OS
NightFall: set a keyboard shortcut and a menu bar shortcut to quickly switch between light and dark mode
Karabiner-Elements
Posts with mentions or reviews of Karabiner-Elements.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-13.
- The Downfall of Karabiner Elements, the Necessary macOS App
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Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
You probably know this but you can remap Eject to Delete using Karabiner.
https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements
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Karabiner 14.12.0 stops working after wake from sleep
EDIT2: Some claim this may be due to startup items being disabled, though I can't point at any specific one in my case, at least for now: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/3417
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i3 Linux -> macOS
What I've done is configure yabai and skhd in a way that somewhat mimics my i3 setup (dotfiles in case it helps) with the help of Karabiner-Elements since Apple wouldn't recognize my keyboard layout properly (or at all...).
- Moving from windows to MacOS, about the alternative programs
- Automator or AppleScript to swap Option & Command in macOS Ventura?
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Trackpad tap and drag delay
https://superuser.com/questions/741410/reduce-single-tap-delay-in-mac-os-after-enabling-tap-drag https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/2993 https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/mke6p2/trackpad_drag_lock_too_long_reduce_lock/ https://community.folivora.ai/t/how-can-i-fix-tap-to-click-delay-with-dragging-enabled/22428
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Using Number Pad on Macbooks to bring Pro Tools to full functionality using FN key - Solved
Download this code: https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner-Elements/files/3633575/karabiner.json.zip (The source of this code was found at the bottom of this thread https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/1287 )
- Simple modification to change scroll up or scroll down to another key?
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NuPhy Halo 75 Mac issues on fn keys
Try https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements to change what the key does.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Nightfall and Karabiner-Elements you can also consider the following projects:
Legacy-Video-patch - Fix Old Graphics card in macOS Catalina 10.15++
Mos - 一个用于在 macOS 上平滑你的鼠标滚动效果或单独设置滚动方向的小工具, 让你的滚轮爽如触控板 | A lightweight tool used to smooth scrolling and set scroll direction independently for your mouse on macOS
linearmouse - The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
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.
stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar
bluesnooze - Sleeping Mac = Bluetooth off
RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions
SpotMenu - Spotify and iTunes in your menu bar
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.
DatWeatherDoe - Simple menu bar weather app for macOS
Hackintool - The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing
Nightfall vs Legacy-Video-patch
Karabiner-Elements vs Mos
Nightfall vs linearmouse
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Nightfall vs bluesnooze
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Nightfall vs SpotMenu
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Nightfall vs DatWeatherDoe
Karabiner-Elements vs Hackintool