DisplayWave: A free and simplicity focused tool for Mac which allows control of external monitors
https://github.com/kah-ve/DisplayWave
A free monitor control tool for brightness, warmth, and more.
Existing apps for handling external monitor controls for mac are either focused on solving a small subset of problems or are paywalled. Also I found the paywalled ones to be more complicated and feature rich then needed. So I wanted to build something more tailored to the small feature-set I would ever need.
A couple comparisons
- MonitorControl (free): This is what I used previously. It's great but limited to brightness only and would need another app to control turning a monitor on/off.
- BetterDisplay (free/$22 Pro): I think this is the most feature rich mac app for monitor control out there and probably the most battle tested one. Personally I didn't think I needed to use most of the features and wanted something more minimal and tailored to the small subset of actions I was looking for.
I can't promise it works flawlessly on everything but it's simple enough to install and try out. Let me know what you think or if you run into issues.