Installation

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macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install brightness

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install brightness

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/brightness/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Change macOS display brightness from the command-line

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

brightness

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

brightness is a macOS command-line utility for reading and setting display brightness from scripts or the terminal.

Projektgeschichte

The nriley/brightness repository was created in February 2014, with release 1.2 published in August 2015. The README describes a focused utility for controlling all internal and some external displays from the command line.

Its maintenance history mirrors macOS display API changes. The README notes that documented APIs worked through macOS 10.12.3, then Night Shift in 10.12.4 required an undocumented method, and Apple Silicon Macs later required another undocumented method.

Adoptionsgeschichte

brightness became a durable small utility for macOS automation users. It is packaged in Homebrew and MacPorts according to the input package facts, has hundreds of GitHub stars, and Homebrew analytics reported several thousand installs over the prior year at lookup time.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run simple commands such as `brightness 1`, `brightness 0.5`, or `brightness -l` to set or list display brightness. The README cautions that displays not controllable through macOS Displays settings generally cannot be controlled by the tool either.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

brightness is the archetypal tiny macOS system utility package: a single-purpose binary that exists because shell scripts and automation tools need access to a GUI-era hardware setting. Its significance is not breadth, but longevity across changing macOS display internals.

Zeitleiste

2014: Repository created.
2015: Release 1.2 published.
2017: README documents the macOS 10.12.4 Night Shift-era API break and workaround.
2021: Repository history includes Universal 2 build work for Apple Silicon.
2026: Homebrew stable version reported as 1.2.

Related projects

Homebrew and MacPorts distribute brightness for macOS users.
macOS display APIs and IOKit-style display enumeration are the system interfaces around which the utility operates.
Shell scripts, launch agents, and automation workflows are common consumers of this kind of command-line brightness control.

Quellen

https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/brightness.json
https://github.com/nriley/brightness
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nriley/brightness/master/README.md
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 11 Plattformziele verfügbar.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`brightness`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.2

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Version1.2

https://github.com/nriley/brightness

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:brightness
Version	1.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brightness
Homepage	https://github.com/nriley/brightness
Repository	https://github.com/nriley/brightness
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/nriley/brightness#readme
Lizenz	BSD-2-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/nriley/brightness/archive/refs/tags/1.2.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	brightness
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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MacPorts95%

brightness

sudo port install brightness

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Brightness

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/brightness/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/brightness.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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brightness mit Homebrew, MacPorts installieren