orhun / i3-workspace-brightness

Utility to auto-adjust the brightness of i3wm workspaces

i3-workspace-brightness

About

Rust port of this Python script with a few improvements.

It allows individual brightness levels for each workspace and changes the brightness automatically while switching between them.

Installation

Cargo

cargo install i3-workspace-brightness

AUR

paru -S i3-workspace-brightness

Configuration

Add this line to your i3 config:

exec_always --no-startup-id i3-workspace-brightness

Replacing xbacklight commands

Use GET_BRIGHTNESS and SET_BRIGHTNESS environment variables for the command to use. For example:

export GET_BRIGHTNESS="light"
export SET_BRIGHTNESS="light -S {}"
i3-workspace-brightness

or set the variables while running i3-workspace-brightness:

GET_BRIGHTNESS="light" SET_BRIGHTNESS="light -S {}" i3-workspace-brightness

License

GNU General Public License (v3)

Copyright

Copyright © 2020-2023, Orhun Parmaksız