Crisp
Control external monitors from the menu bar: HiDPI scaling, DDC brightness and volume, presets and input switching.GetMIT
Candela
Tracks display wear and protects OLED panels from burn-in, with monitor checkups and external display controls.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- Rydersel
- Verified
- 2026
About Candela
Candela is aimed at people who want their screens to last. For enrolled panels it keeps a coarse map of where the display has been lit, along with panel hours and per-app time, and its burn-in protection gradually dims bright regions that sit unchanged while live content stays at full brightness. A guided checkup looks for defects and wear and produces a report you can keep.
It also covers external display controls that macOS lacks: brightness, contrast and volume over DDC/CI from the menu bar and media keys, dimming below the hardware minimum, and extra resolutions including HiDPI scaling. Releases are published on GitHub.
Information
- Source code
- Rydersel/Candela
- License
- MIT
- Website
- candela.fyi
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/Rydersel/Candela
- github.com/Rydersel/Candela/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/Rydersel/Candela/releases
- icon.png: Ryder Selikow and Candela contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
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