# thompsonate/Shifty

☀️ A macOS menu bar app that gives you more control over Night Shift.

Repository: https://github.com/thompsonate/Shifty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thompsonate-shifty
Homepage: http://shifty.natethompson.io
Language: Swift
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: night-shift, macos, menu-bar, utility, shift
Last push: 2022-09-04T18:24:11+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": 3406, "days_push": 1459, "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 1293, forks 37 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.224759+00:00)

## What it is
Shifty is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that extends the built-in Night Shift feature with per-app, per-website, and custom-schedule controls plus a fine-grained color temperature slider. It adds quick toggles, global keyboard shortcuts, and optional dark mode scheduling.

## Use cases
- disable night shift for specific apps
- fine tune mac color temperature
- schedule dark mode on mac
- toggle night shift with keyboard shortcut
- turn off blue light filter for certain websites
- control night shift from menu bar

## When to choose
- you want finer control over macOS Night Shift than Apple provides
- you need Night Shift exceptions for specific apps or websites
- you want quick toggles and hotkeys for color temperature

## When to avoid
- your Mac does not support Night Shift
- you need a full blue-light filtering solution on Linux or Windows
- you want f.lux-style features beyond Night Shift's capabilities

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: -
- tags: menu-bar, night-shift, color-temperature, dark-mode, swift, eye-strain, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- thompsonate/Shifty (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.224759+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 2026-08-30T04:54:43.333197+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thompsonate/Shifty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.224759+00:00, sha 596f1d1b6389)
  - homepage: http://shifty.natethompson.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:03.826502+00:00, sha a2cf82944890)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.