/brightnessctl

A simple suid binary to configure the brightness of your screen

Primary LanguageC

brightnessctl

brightnessctl is a tool designed to configure the brightness of the screen without xbacklight or sudo, using a simple suid binary.

Installing

  • Clone this repository
  • make
  • sudo make install

Using

  • brightnessctl: prints the current brightness
  • brightnessctl <percent>: sets the brightness to a specific value
  • brightnessctl '+'<percent>: adds a specific value to the brightness
  • brightnessctl '-'<percent>: removes a specific value from the brightness

License

This software is released under the MIT License.