MonitorControl - Now with Apple Silicon support
Control your external display brightness and volume
Use menulet sliders or the native Apple keyboard keys
Behaves like native, with (optional) brightness & volume OSD
## Download
Go to [Releases](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/releases) and download the latest `.dmg`
## Compatibility
| MonitorControl version | macOS version |
| ---------------------- | ----------------- |
| v4.0.0 | Catalina 10.15* |
| v3.1.1 | Mojave 10.14 |
| v2.1.0 | Sierra 10.12 |
_* With some limitations - full functionality available on macOS 11 Big Sur or newer._
## How to help
Open [issues](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/issues) if you have a question, an enhancement to suggest or a bug you've found. If you want you can fork the code yourself and submit a pull request to improve the app.
## Localizations
MonitorControl supports localization. We gladly welcome your contribution with a new language! See the [opening post of the relevant discussion](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl/discussions/637) on how to add your translation!
## How to build
### Required
- Xcode
- [Swiftlint](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint)
- [SwiftFormat](https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat)
- [BartyCrouch](https://github.com/Flinesoft/BartyCrouch) (for updating localizations)
Clone the project via this Terminal command:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.git
```
If you want to clone one of the branches, add `--single-branch --branch [branchname]` after the `clone` option.
You're all set ! Now open the `MonitorControl.xcodeproj` with Xcode! The dependencies will automatically get downloaded once you open the project. If they don't:
`File > Packages > Resolve Package Versions`
### Third party dependencies
- [MediaKeyTap](https://github.com/MonitorControl/MediaKeyTap)
- [Preferences](https://github.com/sindresorhus/Preferences)
- [SimplyCoreAudio](https://github.com/rnine/SimplyCoreAudio)
- [KeyboardShortcuts](https://github.com/sindresorhus/KeyboardShortcuts)
- [Sparkle](https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle)
## Maintainers
- [@the0neyouseek](https://github.com/the0neyouseek)
- [@JoniVR](https://github.com/JoniVR)
- [@waydabber](https://github.com/waydabber)
## Thanks
- [@mathew-kurian](https://github.com/mathew-kurian/) (original developer)
- [@Tyilo](https://github.com/Tyilo/) (fork)
- [@Bensge](https://github.com/Bensge/) - (used some code from his project [NativeDisplayBrightness](https://github.com/Bensge/NativeDisplayBrightness))
- [@nhurden](https://github.com/nhurden/) (for the original MediaKeyTap)
- [@kfix](https://github.com/kfix/ddcctl) (for ddcctl)
- [@reitermarkus](https://github.com/reitermarkus) (for DDC.Swift)
- [@zhuowei](https://github.com/zhuowei) (figured out M1 I²C communication)
- [@tao-j](https://github.com/tao-j) (figured out M1 I²C write)
- [@alin23](https://github.com/alin23) (generally spearheaded M1 DDC support and figured out a many of the caveats)
- [javierocasio](https://www.deviantart.com/javierocasio) (app icon background)
