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A Windows desktop tool to adjust the brightness of multiple monitors with ease

14 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 2 stories, 12 comments · first 2019-10-10 · latest 2025-10-26

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  1. Look at (Monitorian)[ https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian ] for that.
    comment by sodaclean · 2025-10-26 · in Auto Dark Mode for Windows
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    Monitorian: Windows desktop tool to adjust monitor brightness
    story by lostmsu · 2024-03-21 · 9 comments
  3. …(and other settings). Monitorian and other apps let you adjust those settings from your PC. https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by fwmcbumcrumble · 2023-10-27 · in 18-year-old built a computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes
  4. …macOS: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl Windows: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by theodric · 2023-10-13 · in Scrollbars are becoming a problem
  5. You could use Monitorian for changing screen brightness via ddc. https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by pohuing · 2023-08-25 · in Screen Apnea
  6. > there's TwinkleTray for Windows There is also Monitorian for Windows: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by janjones · 2023-04-11 · in KDE Plasma Widget for external monitor brightness adjustment
  7. You might be interested in Monitorian https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by orev · 2022-10-25 · in Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this still doesn't work right”
  8. There's also Monitorian for Windows: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by mintplant · 2022-06-21 · in HDMI Firewall
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    Monitorian (Windows monitor control app)
    story by xattt · 2022-03-22 · 21 comments
  10. …I used to run a specific brightness control app for Apple displays, but have since ditched it. (1) https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by xattt · 2022-03-22 · in Connecting a gaming PC to Apple Studio Display
  11. Very cool! This lead me to another project as well for Windows: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by ModernMech · 2021-12-27 · in The state of external retina displays
  12. The Windows equivalent would be Monitorian ( https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian ). It doesn't have the adaptive curve algorithm, but I've been using it for over a year and it's indispensable.
    comment by cloudmaster · 2020-09-01 · in Lunar – macOS utility to set brightness and volume on external monitors
  13. …look at https://lunar.fyi/ . There are a bunch of other options as well. For Windows, look at https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian
    comment by gibolt · 2020-08-29 · in Design Tip: Never Use Black (2012)
  14. …There is an alternative, which can only change brightness but does so with a minimalistic gui: https://github.com/emoacht/Monitorian (have not tried it). If not for ergonomics, you can use it to visually be notified when eg a script is…
    comment by retSava · 2019-10-10 · in Nirsoft Control My Monitor