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DDC monitor controls (brightness) for Mac OSX command line

19 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 2 stories, 17 comments · first 2016-10-26 · latest 2025-01-28

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  1. I use https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl to change inputs on my external Acer EB275K (bmiiiprx) from my Mac. Brightness can also be adjusted. Simplified the usage by creating shortcuts in Keyboard Maestro that runs short ddctl commands.
    comment by reboot81 · 2025-01-28 · in Fixing my monitor's power button
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    Monitor controls for Mac OS X command line
    story by xrayarx · 2023-02-01 · 0 comments
  3. …string lights (like you can see in the front page video on https://lowtechguys.com/volum/ ) [0] https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK [2] https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/tradfri-remote-control-kit-smar... [3]…
    comment by alin23 · 2022-12-19 · in Ask HN: Best tips for reducing eyestrain while coding with astigmatism?
  4. …an app for controlling monitors. At that time, there was only a command line for doing this stuff ( https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl ) and I wanted a more visual way of changing the brightness. So I learned Swift, learned how to bridge the…
    comment by alin23 · 2022-12-10 · in Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?
  5. …Lunar as an adaptive brightness app for macOS after finding out about a little CLI called ddcctl: https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl That’s where I learned how DDC packets look like, where to place the payload (brightness value between 0 and…
    comment by alin23 · 2022-06-21 · in HDMI Firewall
  6. …forever grateful to the ddcctl [1] project which enabled all these monitor control solutions. [1] https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl
    comment by alin23 · 2022-05-02 · in Things I don’t want to do to grow my side project
  7. …to give back as much as I can without jeopardizing sales and having to go back to a 9-to-5 job. [0] https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl
    comment by alin23 · 2022-03-23 · in Show HN: Lunar XDR Brightness control
  8. I use MonitorControl as mentioned but if you want something with a CLI then https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl works
    comment by inickt · 2021-12-20 · in Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
  9. …that all settings and switching is done through the buttons. Luckily, someone hacked this together. https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl Overall, the monitor is absolutely fantastic and I would buy it again. I spent at least 40 hours researching…
    comment by cbushko · 2021-05-21 · in Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
  10. …just set up shortcuts or scripts (I created an Alfred workflow, for example) and use something like https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl to switch monitor inputs.
    comment by Davertron · 2020-12-23 · in The beautiful Silent ThunderBolt-3 PC
  11. Alongwith ddctrl ( https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl ), these aliases serve all my external monitor brightness needs: alias verydull="~/Software/ddcctl/ddcctl -d 1 -b 3 -c 15" alias dull="~/Software/ddcctl/ddcctl -d 1 -b 6 -c 35" alias…
    comment by jasim · 2020-09-01 · in Lunar – macOS utility to set brightness and volume on external monitors
  12. …my Mac. I created few Automator scripts calling it to make the monitor either dimmed or bright. https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl
    comment by gardaani · 2020-09-01 · in Lunar – macOS utility to set brightness and volume on external monitors
  13. …to work for the Apple Cinema Displays - they do nothing on my Asus monitor. I just tried ddcctl ( https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl ) - and it worked perfectly over HDMI through a HDMI switch. I didn't even know what to look for - so this…
    comment by ydant · 2020-08-07 · in Mac keyboard shortcuts
  14. For a command-line option, ddcctl ( https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl ) works nicely in my experience, with a Dell Ultrasharp connected via USB-C. I have a script hacked together to fetch the internal display's brightness once a minute and…
    comment by throwanem · 2020-07-09 · in MonitorControl: Control external monitor brightness and volume on your Mac
  15. …be extended for linux too. [1] https://github.com/prashnts/dotfiles/blob/master/etc/hammers... [2] https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl/blob/master/README.md Edit: Just noticed further down in the comments that an app exists for it now!
    comment by prashnts · 2019-06-27 · in VESA Publishes DisplayPort 2.0 Video Standard
  16. I have a Dell P4317Q, a great 43 inch display, and control it from my Mac with ddcctl: https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl
    comment by TwistedWave · 2018-04-11 · in Setting Emacs theme based on ambient light
  17. …this little utillity is really handy for changing the brightness of third party monitors on macOS: https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl There are probably more fancy things out there that integrate via .prefpane or something, but works good…
    comment by filleokus · 2018-03-26 · in Reading a VGA monitor's configuration data with I2C and a PocketBeagle
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    ddcctl adjust brightness, contrast of external monitor on macOS with DDC
    story by therealmarv · 2017-01-19 · 0 comments
  19. …things, such as responding to the Brightness function key About that, I have had some luck with https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl to adjust an external monitor brightness and 'brew brightness' to read the current brightness of my MBP. I set…
    comment by gutnor · 2016-10-26 · in Microsoft Windows 10 Event