CLI screen manager for X11 that allows automatic and manual brightness/temperature adjustments, via backlight (currently only for embedded displays) and gamma. Multiple monitors are supported.
Automatic brightness is based on screen contents or ambient light sensor data.
DEB packages:
- provided in each new release.
AUR packages:
RPM packages:
- to be added
A reboot may be needed after the installation to ensure udev rules for backlight adjustments are loaded.
Requirements:
- C++17 compiler
- X11
- XCB
- XCB-Randr
- XLib-Shm
- sdbus-c++
- libudev
sudo apt install build-essential cmake libxext-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libsdbus-c++-dev libudev-dev
git clone https://github.com/Fushko/gummy.git
cd gummy
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"
cmake --build .
sudo make install
Type gummy -h to print a help message.
Quick guide:
gummy start starts the daemon responsible for screen adjustments.
gummy -B 1 enables screenshot-based auto brightness, on all screens.
gummy -B 2 enables ALS-based auto brightness (if available).
gummy -B 0 -s 1 disables automatic brightness on the second screen.
gummy -b 60 -s 1 sets the brightness to 60% on the second screen.
gummy -t 3400 sets the temperature to 3400K on all screens.
gummy -T 1 -y 06:00 -u 16:30 enables auto temperature on all screens, with the sunrise set to 06:00 and sunset to 16:30.
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