Show HN: Lowlight – Dim your MacBook keyboard backlight below the macOS minimum

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, keyboard-backlight, menu-bar, swift, hardware-control

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

Lowlight is a macOS menu bar utility that allows dimming the MacBook keyboard backlight below the system's minimum brightness using private CoreBrightness APIs and IORegistry manipulation. It is interesting for its clever workaround of a hardware/OS limitation, providing finer control over keyboard backlight levels.

Target audience: MacBook users, developers, power users

Repository: https://github.com/Isaac-Harper/lowlight · Swift · MIT · 1 stars

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