Dusk Control

A Windows system tray utility for advanced brightness control,
featuring DDC/CI support and sub-zero software dimming.

Features

• Single unified slider ranging from −100 to +100
• Controls external monitor brightness natively via DDC/CI
• Sub-zero software dimming using a transparent overlay
• Per-monitor contrast adjustment
• Multi-monitor support with quick switching
• Runs quietly in the system tray
• Optional launch at Windows startup
• Native Windows 11 Fluent Design with light & dark mode
• Compiled with Native AOT for fast startup and low memory usage

Download

Download the latest version from the Releases page.

Requirements

• Windows 10 (1809) or later
• External monitors must have DDC/CI enabled in their OSD settings

How It Works

Dusk Control combines two brightness approaches behind a single slider:

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK
• Windows App SDK
• Visual Studio 2022+ with the Windows application development workload (optional)

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/stabldev/dusk-control.git
cd dusk-control
# Build
dotnet build
# Run
dotnet run

License

MIT © 2026 ^_^ @stabldev

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