☀️ Rumos

CLI utility for controlling screen brightness

Installation

Build from source

Clone repository
    git clone https://github.com/octagony/rumos.git

Build project
    cargo build --release

Find the executable file in target/release

Usage

Usage: rumos [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  get   Get brightness level (in percent)
  set   Set brightness level (in percent)
  inc   Increase brightness level (in percent)
  dec   Decrease brightness level (in percent)
  max   Set maximum brightness level
  min   Set mininum brightness level
  help  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -q, --quiet    Do not output result to console
  -p, --percent  Print only brightness level(percentage)
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

Examples

• Get brightness level in a percentage

  rumos -p get
  // 100%
  

• Set the maximum brightness level quietly

  rumos max -q
  // No output
  

• Decrease and display only brightness level in a percentage

  rumos -p dec 10
  // 90%
  

• (Recipe) Use rumos with dunstify.

  • You can find a script to control the brightness level in my DWM config. In a simplified version you can use this input

  dunstify $(rumos -p get) -t 2000