# MonitorControl/MonitorControl

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

Repository: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monitorcontrol
Homepage: https://monitorcontrol.app
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: macos, keyboard, brightness, volume, external-monitor, m1, apple, silicon, ddc, macos-app, swift, menubar, xcode, control, osx, display, gamma, shade
Last push: 2026-08-11T12:43:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3273, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 698, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 34040, forks 989 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:58.602533+00:00)

## What it is
A free macOS application that controls external display brightness, contrast, and volume via DDC, native Apple protocols, gamma tables, and shade control. It integrates with Apple keyboard media keys and shows native macOS on-screen displays.

## Use cases
- adjust external monitor brightness from my Mac keyboard
- control volume on a non-Apple display
- dim my monitor beyond its minimum brightness
- sync brightness across multiple displays
- use Apple brightness keys with an external monitor
- software dimming for AirPlay or Sidecar screens

## When to choose
- you use external displays with a Mac and want native-feeling brightness/volume control
- you want keyboard shortcut and menubar slider control for monitors
- you need combined hardware DDC and software gamma dimming

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or Windows
- your display does not support DDC/CI
- you need color calibration rather than brightness control

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: ddc, brightness-control, external-display, menubar, osd, volume-control, apple-silicon, macos

## Member repositories
- MonitorControl/MonitorControl (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.602533+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 2026-08-29T16:27:52.471278+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.602533+00:00, sha 1e9b8e06b6bf)
  - homepage: https://monitorcontrol.app (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:23.734028+00:00, sha 73f43cb7043b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.