Command-line tool

brightness

brew/brightness

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Change macOS display brightness from the command-line

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install brightness

Show current brightness

brightness -l

Set a specific brightness

brightness 0..1

Set the brightness to 50%

brightness 0.5

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