brightr

Smoooothly adjust screen brightness on Linux with ease.

Requirements

• brightnessctl

• bash

Installation

1. Save the brightr script to your desired location, e.g., ~/path/to/brightr.sh.

2. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x ~/path/to/brightr.sh

Usage

brightr {up|down} <percentage> [duration] [notify]

• up|down:

  • Mandatory: Direction to change brightness.

• percentage:

  • Mandatory: Integer percentage to increase or decrease brightness.

• duration:

  • Optional: Decimal duration between steps (default is 0.02 seconds).

• notify:

  • Optional: Send notification with final brightness level.

Examples

Increase brightness by 10% with default duration:

./brightr.sh up 10

Decrease brightness by 20% with a duration of 0.05 seconds:

./brightr.sh down 20 0.05

Increase brightness by 5% and send a notification:

./brightr.sh up 5 0.02 notify

WM Integration

As an example, you can integrate brightr to Sway!

bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp exec ~/path/to/brightr.sh up 10 0.02 notify
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec ~/path/to/brightr.sh down 10 0.02 notify

License