dimmer

Dimmer smoothly transitions your screen from one brightness to another. Very simple, and only tested with Wayland and recent Linux kernels.

Usage

# Show usage information
dimmer --help

# Dim the screen to zero brightness over 5 seconds
dimmer

# Dim (or brighten) the screen to 30%, first saving the current brightness to a statefile
dimmer --save --target 30% --duration 5s

# Restore the screen from a previously saved brightness, using 2 seconds
dimmer --restore --duration 2s

Installation

nix run github:koenw/dimmer

cargo install dimmer