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Black Light vs Vivid
Side-by-side comparison for macOS
Black Light
5.0Apply special vision effects on your screen
Vivid
7.0Adaptive brightness for displays
| Metric | Black Light | Vivid |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Utilities | Utilities |
| AI Score | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| 30-day Installs | 1 | 42 |
| 90-day Installs | 8 | 102 |
| 365-day Installs | 29 | 352 |
| Version | 3.0 | 2.18.1 |
| Auto-updates | No | No |
| Deprecated | No | No |
| GitHub Stars | 873 | 2.2K |
| GitHub Forks | 209 | 99 |
| Open Issues | 1.2K | 24 |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Kotlin | Rust |
| Last GitHub Commit | 9y ago | 2mo ago |
| First Seen | Aug 9, 2023 | Apr 18, 2022 |
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
Vivid
Vivid offers adaptive brightness control for macOS displays, automatically adjusting based on ambient light and usage. It benefits users seeking seamless brightness management without manual adjustments.
Automatically adjusts display brightness based on ambient light and usage patterns.
Pros
- + Provides automatic brightness adjustments for user convenience.
- + Helps reduce eye strain by adapting to lighting conditions.
- + Possibly offers customization options for brightness settings.
Cons
- - Lacks auto-update functionality.
- - Limited installs suggest it may not be widely adopted.