# jakehilborn/displayplacer

macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS.

Repository: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/displayplacer
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-05T18:21:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4111, "days_push": 819, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4508, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:52.535533+00:00)

## What it is
displayplacer is a macOS command line utility for configuring multi-display setups, including resolutions, refresh rates, rotations, origins, mirroring, and enabling/disabling screens. It is essentially XRandR for macOS and supports saving and applying display profiles via scripts and hotkeys.

## Use cases
- set screen resolution from the command line on macos
- rotate a macbook display via terminal
- switch between multi-monitor arrangements with a script
- enable or disable an external display without system preferences
- configure mirrored displays from the cli
- save and restore display profiles for hotkeys

## When to choose
- you need to script or automate display configuration on macOS
- you want resolutions or rotations not exposed in System Preferences
- you want to toggle displays or mirroring from the terminal or hotkeys

## When to avoid
- you only need a GUI for occasional display changes
- you are on Linux or Windows rather than macOS
- your setup suffers from macOS screenId race conditions you cannot work around

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: display-management, xrandr, multi-monitor, screen-resolution, homebrew, command-line, automation, macos

## Member repositories
- jakehilborn/displayplacer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.535533+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:21.988754+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jakehilborn/displayplacer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.535533+00:00, sha 9f22c0b3c280)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.