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Many MacOS users (and some Windows users) may not know this, but f.lux supports auto-adjusting the color/brightness of Hue bulbs [1], so that your home lights a

Many MacOS users (and some Windows users) may not know this, but f.lux supports auto-adjusting the color/brightness of Hue bulbs [1], so that your home lights also match your screen. I installed Hue bulbs in my home office for this reason, which keeps my lights at a nice energizing color during the day, then warms up during sunset (especially useful during the winter Standard time). Unfortunately I’m not aware of similar support for MacOS at this time, but maybe others know of options there. [1] https://justgetflux.com/lighting/ https://justgetflux.com/lighting/

andrewcarter 5y ago
The Home app now supports a dynamic color option by default which changes based on the sun / lighting in your condition. Seems to work- I think it showed up for me about a year ago or so, so it's pretty new.
rroarke 5y ago
Would be cool to get this on linux so you can set it up on a raspberry pi or something similar.
- zimmund 5y ago
  You can use redshift[1] on linux, and there are a lot of cli tools that can be used to easily script color changes in hue lights and others via cron. It's not as integrated as f.lux, but reasonably easy to get working. There's also redshift-gtk to contorl redshift from the systray. [1]: http://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/
- beaugunderson 5y ago
  here's the script I used to control my Hue lights on a similar curve to f.lux from Linux: https://github.com/beaugunderson/sleep-lights https://github.com/beaugunderson/sleep-lights
Lramseyer 5y ago
I used it a few years back, but for me the color temperatures never scaled right. I like my lights at 4500-5500K during the day, but it looks a little too warm on my monitor (f.lux defaults daylight to 6500K.) Maybe it's my lights/monitor, but I really wish I could set different curves, or at least different color temperature targets for my lights and monitor. f.lux didn't allow me to do that. It only gives options for "warmer" and "a lot warmer," which both look weird at night. I ultimately hacked something else together, but it was a little disappointing, because I really like f.lux.

andrewcarter 5y ago

The Home app now supports a dynamic color option by default which changes based on the sun / lighting in your condition. Seems to work- I think it showed up for me about a year ago or so, so it's pretty new.

rroarke 5y ago

Would be cool to get this on linux so you can set it up on a raspberry pi or something similar.

zimmund 5y ago
You can use redshift[1] on linux, and there are a lot of cli tools that can be used to easily script color changes in hue lights and others via cron. It's not as integrated as f.lux, but reasonably easy to get working. There's also redshift-gtk to contorl redshift from the systray. [1]: http://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/
beaugunderson 5y ago
here's the script I used to control my Hue lights on a similar curve to f.lux from Linux: https://github.com/beaugunderson/sleep-lights https://github.com/beaugunderson/sleep-lights

Lramseyer 5y ago

I used it a few years back, but for me the color temperatures never scaled right. I like my lights at 4500-5500K during the day, but it looks a little too warm on my monitor (f.lux defaults daylight to 6500K.) Maybe it's my lights/monitor, but I really wish I could set different curves, or at least different color temperature targets for my lights and monitor. f.lux didn't allow me to do that. It only gives options for "warmer" and "a lot warmer," which both look weird at night. I ultimately hacked something else together, but it was a little disappointing, because I really like f.lux.