Abendrot
Warm each display around local sunset, with a hotkey to briefly reveal true colour and a scripting CLI.GetMIT
gfxCardStatus
A menu bar utility that shows which GPU a dual-GPU MacBook Pro is using and lets you switch between them.
BSD-3-Clause · Downloads from github.com
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- codykrieger
- Verified
- 2026
About gfxCardStatus
gfxCardStatus is for the 15-, 16- and 17-inch MacBook Pro models from 2010 onwards that carry both an integrated and a discrete graphics processor. Its menu bar icon shows which one is active, lists the apps that are forcing the more power-hungry discrete GPU on, and lets you pin the machine to one GPU or return to automatic switching.
The last release, version 2.5, came out in December 2020 and remains available from GitHub and Homebrew. It is only useful on those dual-GPU laptops; other Macs have nothing for it to switch.
Information
- Source code
- codykrieger/gfxCardStatus
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Website
- gfx.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/codykrieger/gfxCardStatus
- github.com/codykrieger/gfxCardStatus/blob/master/LICENSE
- gfx.io
- github.com/codykrieger/gfxCardStatus/releases
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/gfxcardstatus
- icon.png: Cody Krieger. BSD-3-Clause (repository license); upstream project asset.
License and artwork notices
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