What is Dimly?
Control brightness across mixed monitor setups from one menu bar app.
Verified product facts
- Type
- display utilityEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- Open sourceDeveloper-stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Current version
- 2026.6.0Developer-stated
- Official website
- feuerbacher.me/projects/dimly
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What Dimly does at a glance.
Per-display brightness - hardware DDC control or smooth overlay fallback, per monitor
Contrast - hardware DDC contrast control
For external monitors
Sleep, wake, and blackout - instant blackout overlay plus true DDC standby when supported
Appearance filters - per-display gamma filters
Invert, Warm, Cool
Night Shift - toggle and warmth control integrated directly in the display panel
True Tone - per-display True Tone toggle
For supported hardware
Overview
Control brightness across mixed monitor setups from one menu bar app.
Dimly runs on macOS and is listed on Nuanyue in the utilities category.
Links
Sources
Facts on this page are checked against the sources below. Last updated .
- Dimly — official websiteGrade B
- Dimly — source repositoryGrade D
