brits is a Python script to get and set the screen brightness on Linux systems. It supports retrieving the brightness in both percentage and raw values, as well as setting brightness via raw values or percentages, with options to increment or decrement.
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Get Brightness:
- Get current brightness as a percentage (default).
- Get current brightness as a raw value.
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Set Brightness:
- Set brightness using raw values (e.g.,
200). - Set brightness using percentage values (e.g.,
60%). - Increment or decrement brightness using either raw values or percentages (e.g.,
20+,10%-).
- Set brightness using raw values (e.g.,
I was using brightnessctl, but it didn't always give me the proper percentage values, which was a bit annoying. So, I decided to build my own tool in Python instead. I checked out the source code of brightnessctl and found that it uses DBus, so I ported that functionality into Python initially, but now I've updated it and it doesn't use DBus anymore. Now, brits gives accurate percentage values and works just how I wanted it to!
*the only dependency is python3.
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/an4s911/brits.git cd brits -
Make the script executable:
chmod +x brits.py
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(Optional): You can add the script to your PATH for easier access:
sudo cp brits.py /usr/local/bin/brits
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Default (percentage):
brits get
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Get brightness as percentage explicitly:
brits get p[ercentage]
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Get raw brightness value:
brits get r[aw]
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Set brightness to a raw value:
brits set 200 -
Set brightness to a percentage:
brits set 60% -
Increase brightness by a raw value:
brits set 20+ -
Decrease brightness by a percentage:
brits set 10%-
Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository, create a new branch for your changes, and submit a pull request. Thank you for your interest in improving this project!