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Black Light vs Lunar

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Black Light

5.0
Utilities

Apply special vision effects on your screen

Lunar

8.0
Utilities

Adaptive brightness for external displays

Metric Black Light Lunar
Category Utilities Utilities
AI Score 5.0 8.0
30-day Installs 1 968
90-day Installs 8 2.8K
365-day Installs 29 10.9K
Version 3.0 6.10.1
Auto-updates No Yes
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 873 5.5K
GitHub Forks 209 134
Open Issues 1.2K 5
License GPL-3.0 MIT
Language Kotlin Swift
Last GitHub Commit 9y ago 1mo ago
First Seen Aug 9, 2023 Aug 9, 2023

Reviews

Black Light

Black Light offers unique vision effects for screen customization, benefiting users with visual impairments or preferences for specific screen appearances. It provides a range of visual filters but lacks active development and community support.

Applies various vision effects to the screen for customization.

Pros

  • + Customizable vision effects
  • + Potentially useful for visual impairments
  • + Free and open-source

Cons

  • - No auto-updates
  • - Inactive development and community

Lunar

Lunar is a macOS utility that provides adaptive brightness and volume control for external displays, making it ideal for users with multiple monitors. Its automatic adjustments based on ambient light and preferences enhance productivity and comfort.

Lunar automatically adjusts brightness and volume for external displays based on ambient light and user settings.

Pros

  • + Actively developed with strong community support
  • + Effective adaptive brightness and volume control
  • + Seamless integration with macOS

Cons

  • - Niche appeal may limit its user base
  • - Potential learning curve for new users